A Lesson Learned?
Rue watched from the bleachers
The final show.
Why she came she didn't know
Perhaps it was her curiosity about
Whether or not Jacob was really
Planning to go.
She knew he said he'd chosen to stay
To give Josie a stable life in some way
She found out he had another sister in town
Brandy Vine... the name made her frown.
That was a problem for another time.
Both their performances were sublime.
It almost made her wish she could run away
To this circus herself someday.
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She walked around to the cages
To the panther, she asked to say goodbye
The mood was so somber
And it wasn't hard to see why.
The troupe, the tribe was losing
Not one but two who had been by their side.
She understood what such a loss
Could do to someone inside.
When she got back to the hotel it was quite late
She once again found Jacob in a drunken state.
She walked over to the bar, took his bottle away.
He looked about to give someone hell until
He saw her, he gave a sloppy grin instead
And said..."Hey."
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Busted Gulch Volume 12
AdventureA stranger has come to Busted Gulch hoping to exploit the town. Will he succeed or will his past stand in his way. Come read Busted Gulch vol 12 a Western story told by a collaboration of authors and poets from around the globe in poetry and prose...
