Go Ahead, Ask!

This little ditty is for my friend and fellow creator, Babs Iverson's Unofficial Challenge. Here's a link:

And here's the poem:

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Ask me in December

When it's thirty-five below

And the gentle breeze

Mows down the trees,

Building mountains with the snow.

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Ask me as I drive for hours

On one-lane, gravel roads

And snaking trails

With no guard rails

Past truckers hauling loads.

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Ask me why I'm smiling

Through all of the above,

Then sit a spell

And let me tell

You of the things I love.

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I'll tell of spring adventures,

Of summers on the streams,

Of brilliant fall,

The bull elk's call

And other “stuff of dreams.”

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I'll regale you with my stories

'Til day gives way to night,

Of blissful days

And foolish ways

And setting my soul right.

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Then, I'll tell you of a woman

Who shares it all with me.

With love and grace,

And smiling face,

She stands fast, faithfully.

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That's why I'll be in Wyoming,

Should you ever need to know.

My heart lives there,

No matter where

Life calls on me to go.

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