She's an interesting wonder <br />With her hair of long harvest yellow <br />And her white Madonna face, <br />Dimple dumpling chin and full white cheeks; <br />A very rugged big white horse; <br />When she laughs she becomes embarrassed by her manly sway; <br />A family girl and very overcoming brave <br />Who wants much <br />And wonders at the stops: <br />To give but not so much to feel; <br />Her eyes, <br />The long buried pain of disappointing smiles; <br />'Oh, please, ' she says with a pained tilt of her head; <br />A Plains woman of stone-like strength; <br />A gravity in each awkward pause and gesture <br />With a weakness to be wanted, <br />And yet, at a moments notice <br />Ready to cut off and set adrift; <br />A Lachise Madonna, <br />Great towering Cossack, <br />White girl of very purple passion, <br />Purple blue with not caring.<br /><br />David McLansky<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mary-ann/
