Uncensored voice from
Scythian tombs
lady barbarian of
the ancient steppe,

first she conquered
the horse, then she
conquered the land,

she reveres her mount
for life, death, and art,
where have all the
cowgirls gone,

the first wave of
excavation done with
finger, truth comes to
us from the past,

the pit is deep, these
holes, decoys to fool
the sexual looters,
where have all the
cowgirls gone,

if you accept the idea
of decoy burial pits,
it suggests the Scythian
lady barbarian is being
threatened by some other
group, where have all the
cowgirls gone,

she has a high level of
cultural development,
puts her self in new light,
rejecting the stereotype
that Scythian lady barbarians
and cowgirls are wild horse
women and warrioresses,

a trove of artifacts inspires
new thinking about the
supposedly course woman
who once roamed much of
Central Asia and eastern
Europe, where have all
the cowgirls gone...

Copyright 2006 Sage Sweetwater, firebrand lesbian novelist