i wore a Stetson
a leather vest and boots
she wore soft clothes
and Birkenstocks over rag socks
her hair was salt and pepper curls
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her eyes are still soft blue
the pepper is gone from her hair
along with the beautiful children we raised together
her smile never fails to catch my heart
as it did that night those long years ago
near that frozen creek in the cañyon
The Ace Hotel Notebook 