Poet Laundry: Not So Fast

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Monday, June 16, 2025

Honest Lee stepped out of a dime western—

wavy brown hair, chestnut mustache,

six-shooter on his thigh.

Not anybody’s prairie girl,

I knew which one of us was a lie—

even with his black olive eyes,

black as my lil’ ol’ pea pickin’ heart.