she’ll have time
bitter is the ranch woman
betrayed and abandoned by her husband
her son, the lover she took five years ago
curt are her answers to her daughter
who must follow her around while she
never tarries doing her chores
y'can't keep a ranch alive sitting down
she'll have time for coffee and chit-chat
when the so-called good lord lays her low
right now she has stock to feed and
fences that need tending, and somewhere
out there some damn cow or calf bawls
the daughter gives up and drives back
to town, the woman saddles up and goes
to look for the damned bawler, that night
she reads her bible and slams it shut
when she reaches the psalm about
what a fine world this is
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