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then you be the judge

the majestic stallion
rears in its fury
the bigfoot research battalion 
refuses the jury

in their belief
they do not budge
give them grief
then you be the judge

tracks in the mud
almost always informal
flesh and blood
or paranormal

crazy clues
could they be true
guess it depends on who
you're talking to

the blowing winds
through the stallion's mane
even their friends 
think that they're insane

Part of the inspiration for today’s poem comes from some books that I read as a young boy growing up. The Golden Stallion was a series of books written by Rutherford George Montgomery. I think the first one was published in 1962. I read a lot of books and constantly looked at a set of World Books that our mom bought for us. That along with the 2 channels that we got with our roof top antenna and the Newsweek magazine that she subscribed to were our windows to the world.

And I have already mentioned in a previous blog post that my uncle Bob drove me to a movie theatre in St. Paul VA where we watched the Patterson-Gimlin film on the big screen. Uncle Bob was a character. I hope that every young kid will be lucky enough to have a crazy uncle.

Enjoy your Thursday.

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