DUST!

Dust!....on our clothes and on the clothesline!
On the curtains and sheets...nothing looked fine!
Dust!....in the well, that was so deep!
Dust!....in the blankets, when we went to sleep!
Dusty cooking pots and dusty chairs!
Dusty rugs, up the front stairs!
Dusty baby hands and dusty kisses and hugs!
Dust!....in the porridge and the pretty, cream jugs!
Dust!....in our shoes and on all of our toes!
Dust!....in our sweaters and my little, girl's bows!
Grey and grimy....the children....the dog and cat!
A hopeless situation!....and that was that!!
Dust everywhere! Constant wind blowing!
Covered in dust! Nothing else showing!
My, oh my!............It is such a pity!!
That this little family, ever left the big city!
Came to the prarie, with such hope, that day!
We didn't think, that our land,
Would all blow away!
 

Pauline Banning
W-1025-98-D14

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