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Dust & Determination: A Cowboy's Chronicle
In this novel I am writing.poetry dedicated to the Cowboys of the open range and detailing their rough , dangerous livesDust on my hat, sun in my eyes, Riding the range, under wide skies. Cattle to herd, across the plains so grand, Working…
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…The usual chorus of prairie life was muted, almost absent. A profound silence hung in the air, broken only by the soft snort of Whiskey and a distant, unnerving rumble that was not the familiar voice of thunder. His hand instinctively tightened on the reins, his fingers finding the cool, worn metal of his pistol. A shadow, quick and fleeting, seemed to detach itself from the heat haze on the horizon. Then, a wisp of smoke, thin and gray, unfurled against the endless blue. Trouble. The word echoed in the sudden, frantic beat of Silas’s heart. It was coming, a tangible force brewing in the distance, and he drew his iron, the familiar weight a small comfort as he waited for the coming morn.