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Oasis
Interstate 15 carves a path through the Mojave
Leading to the city made of lights and sin.
Two hours, maybe, from Barstow to Vegas
And a quick stop in Baker
For gas, coffee and cigarettes.
You are halfway from losing your savings
As the giant thermometer comes in to view.
Nothing but ominous desert and an asphalt
Carpet leading to rags or riches.
Whichever, we all live in the moment,
Dropping quarters, feeding bandits dollars
As long as the drinks keep coming.
Win A Car!
Drink At The Bar!
Either way, we will all go too Far!
Far beyond the point of normalcy
In that neon land of flourescent dreams
Where Elvis and Wayne will sing us back home
With empty pockets and full memories.
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by Bobby Coles
Heeding the call out west
Leaving your world behind
Seemed to be a noble quest
Uncertain of what you would find
Spirit
Far out west is where my heart was won
next to a pickling cactus in the midday sun.
It was a day when not a lizard stirred
not
Out west we have
A history all our own
We took this land
(Some say stole)
And made it our home.
It started with "Manifest Destiny"
Chasing
out west
west of the Pecos
west of the Mississippi
the landscape wide
the landscape tall
unbound by eastern convention
western
Their fires hugged the eastern shore
Close to their ships for good measure
Some in chains, some with promises
All with hopes
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