Showing posts with label Bozeman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bozeman. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Mule Skinner


After five days at the fairgrounds
in Bishop California
finishing third and fourth
in a couple of calf roping events

and chatting with a small but steady stream
of strangers who strolled the rows of stalls
after days of bits of apples and carrots
for children to feed to his mule Sunflower

Henry was more than happy to lift
the heavy tongue of his dust streaked trailer
walk Sunflower up the metal ramp
turn north onto highway 395

and as the mountains began to tinge red
he looked to a summer of days in the saddle
and felt the knots in the back of his neck
two days drive to Bozeman Montana