WAND OF NOBLE STOCK

(For Nsono Claudia)

So you’re a Buffalo girl
But not a Buffalo soldier?
Are you sure of that?
Or are you just kidding?
Are buffaloes so easy to come by?
Or are you one of a special breed?

I love beach flowers that twirl
So I can feel they’re so near and so dear
Give me a pat, not a swat
Because never have you caught me fiddling
Perhaps when my finest horse finally comes nigh
Then will I at last accept I was one of a noble breed?

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