7. Lance always had
an open sore.
Grew up with horse
farming and sugar
diabetes. Strict
and you better measure up.
From what others have said
or would have said,
a huge stupid ego
was drafted into service.  
One of the most over
used words in horse
training and traveling is
Goddamn—this indicates it
was not an experiment
shaped like a cowboy.
It says it was meant to be
a trip to be
forgotten
in our lifetime.

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Jed's final assignment for HSC 225: Families: Functional/Dysfunctional/Chemically Dependent was to put together a family tree.