Tanka Quartets
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he could still sing
that old cowboy song
after dementia
took the chords--
hard to play my break ----DCR
my banjo-pickin' brother's
foggy mountain breakdown
in my hollows
the strains of our bluegrass days
before he lost his way ----ANH
the orange-red leaves
stripped by an early storm
looking for a guide
to lead me
through old age----DCR
no Pied Piper
in parti-colored clothes
dancing
to this inner voice
playing my home----ANH
that old cowboy song
after dementia
took the chords--
hard to play my break ----DCR
my banjo-pickin' brother's
foggy mountain breakdown
in my hollows
the strains of our bluegrass days
before he lost his way ----ANH
the orange-red leaves
stripped by an early storm
looking for a guide
to lead me
through old age----DCR
no Pied Piper
in parti-colored clothes
dancing
to this inner voice
playing my home----ANH
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