...this is taken from my collection...SOUTHERN SKIES AND TRAIL BOSSES LIES...I HAD E MAILED IT TO BEN ZION NOTIFIYING THAT I WOULD NOT BE AT DR. VAN GIESONS RETIREMENT AS CHAIR OF THE ECON. DEPT...A WOMAN WHO I HAD HAD A CLASS WITH AND WHO EVENTUALLY AQUIRED HER LAW DEGREE, WHEREAS, I WENT UDDER ROUTES...INFORMED ME IT WAS MOST RECIEVED BY DICK...IT WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR HIM BUT INSPIRED BY A BULL I SAW IN THE PASTURE...TO BE A TRUE ECONOMIST, ONE HAS TO HAVE A LOT OF BULL, AND APPARENTLY DR VAN GIESON APPARENTLY HAD IT IN HIM, I ONLY TOOK HIM AS A TEACHER, NOT A BULL....ER.....
he is just an ole bull,
standing there, by the side of the road,
a freeway, where into the North Country,
it races, narrows, wrapping around,
those gentle species,
where the ferns and redwoods grow,
which mix with the doe and her fawn,
there grazing upon her floor,
where mushrooms and fungi flourish,
for this is her mix,
still, in his solitude,
he stands there, transfixed,
standing there, by the side of the road.
he, is just an ole bull,
with lines of age,
sags be where they may,
do note his many days,
grazing upon new spouted grass,
here in this valley,
as late Fall rains fall,
bringing this new growth,
as the big black oaks,
that circle his field,
and cover the nearby hills,
remove their Summer camouflauge,
barren becomes their limbs,
exposing, their lines, defining,
their age and form,
upon this valleys hills,
as he stands, just an ole bull,
there by the side of the road.
he, is jus an ole bull,
whose eyes gaze at the horizon,
and see the rising puffs of steam,
released from the geysers,
and watch the clouds,
float above Cobb and St. Helen mountains,
which when rain falls this night,
will drop a light snow,
there upon this land,
still, he stands in his solitude,
he, is jus an ole bull,
standing by the side of the road.
he, is just an ole bull,
and out of reach,
are golden poppies that flower,
emerge in this dark season,
our light through these darken days,
there among the new grass,
and his thoughts turn,
to that heifer who,
soon will give her first calf,
hopeful, that this be
