Sonnets by Scott Alexander McKenzie

Sonnets by Scott Alexander McKenzie

Sand and Salvation

A Woman Saves a Man's Soul

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Scott Alexander McKenzie
Nov 24, 2021
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‘Twas ignorance that made me ‘gin that trek,
‘Cross thousand mile of hot dry sand I crawled,
As swindler writes to gen’ral store bad check,
I floated through this wretched life and stalled,

With fingers …

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