ATHABASCA
Along the Icefields Parkway
(prettiest road in the world)
winding from Lake Louise to Jasper
lies a glacier that feeds three oceans
(Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic)
It takes a hundred years for a snowflake
falling on the top to make it to the bottom
Before a snowflake that falls today
finishes its journey the glacier may be gone
On the other side of the road in spring
water falls down a long face of rock
They call it the weeping wall
it may still be there
THE OLD BLUE PLANET / BLUE ROAN
She’s been rode hard
and not put away yet
She’s got a bad scraped hide
from a long rough ride
She’s been secticided and pesticided
and damned sure blind sided
with more spray and dip and hot feed
than any ten could stand or need
So think about loosenin that cinch a bit
and givin her a good long rest
and a deep drink of that old cool water
from the spring she likes the best
And stop that “Greenhorn” spurrin
whatever else you do
or you’re gonna have a good horse
dead under you