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When Cecil Sagehen Chirps

Noise on the plains means
someone's getting hurt. The howl,

the rifle report, the dog spike mauled
into the wooden sleepers and sidewinder's

maraca. The occidental tourist, beset
by killer Mormons, sounds his single

action. And yes, the new noises, the vulgar
joke turned inaugural speech at Trinity.

I hear shouts on the American range
and worry, but today it's only

a bundle of lekking males, all chirping
the same for fertile ears: Bro!
Bro! Bro! Bro! Bro!

song prompt from Walter S