The Sundance Wives Crusade Juice: Buckboard Rumor

from early dawn
to late dusk, trail maps
sketched of jimson weed
and sunflowers, crock booze
jugs flowin', boomer wagon tilted,
buckboard rumor stated to travel the
history books of homeschooling,

hard-nosed
religious ruffians,
cadaverous scripture
in the pinebox coffin stands
up on the fifty-foot ledge, blow
Teller wind, blow, the timberline
wind blows it over, no trees to stop
it, thin air topple it, breathe, Mt. Pisgah
becomes a convert today, whiskey cellar
hid in the chokecherry bushes, Crusade juice
intoxicating for a revival,

kind regards
to all of our inquiring
fans of buckboard rumor.

Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater,  firebrand lesbian novelist