:45:36
"I am pleased with my efforts thus far,
:45:38
"For all my improvements, though,
there remains an ugliness here I cannot dispel,
:45:42
"An injury that goes beyond neglect
and like a bruise, it will be slow to heal,
:46:39
"It's been almost 30 days,
:46:41
"I have come to enjoy
the patterns of my life at Fort Sedgewick,
:46:45
"Especially my daily
reconnaissance rides with Cisco,
:46:49
"Each day, we go further into the prairie
and every discovery,,,
:46:52
",,,big or small,
becomes etched in my mind forever,
:46:55
"It would seem I've been marooned,
as no one has yet come for me,
:46:59
"I can only assume that there is a problem,
which the army will solve shortly,