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Rockjack

from Gleaner's Joy by Forrest VanTuyl

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An observation of the seasons from the perspective of a fencepost.

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Winter is done and the river is run and the branches bend low with their blossom
stars pull the sun from the darkness at dawn and we build what is yet to be broken
every day cuts you in half
you’ll be losin’ more than you ever had
Thunder in May, hail hits the sage, you’re left like a gate layin’ open

Summer is high and the river is dry and the mothers are grazin’ the black pine
stars pull the light to what’s left of the night we doubt what we never could define
what ain’t been forgotten may yet be forgiven
we got here by walkin’ we go there by livin
quiet to ride to long trot to pine to circle and knock back what we find

on this honest track, I’ll yet circle back to pick up what’s left of what I lack
thunder will crack, the cattle get fat, the sky will feed all if we all ask
rimrock and red ponderosa
live til you learn what you’re supposed to
eat while there’s grass, trust your rockjacks, soon enough winter will be back

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from Gleaner's Joy, released March 5, 2021

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Forrest VanTuyl Goldendale, Washington

Forrest VanTuyl is a Western songwriter, poet, and working cowboy based in the Inland Northwest. His work has been featured in the New York Times, at The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, and he has written music for the US Forest Service.

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