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David Beaty
Jan 2, 2022

Virginia City Nevada

You can feel the breath of ghosts on your neck

As your boots thunk over ancient wooden planks of the boardwalk

Smells of pizza and chocolate mix in the crisp air

That blows over the mountains.

Wild horses roam the streets when the mood overtakes them

Saloons with names like Bucket of Blood and the Red Dog

Serve great drinks to take the chill from the bones

And live music rocks the soul.

Here you might converse and drink with a nice Cowboy

Who suddenly disappears before you’re very eyes

Breathtaking and hair raising views meet you on the Geiger Grade

Virginia City is a place to go that will steal your heart.

David Beaty
David Beaty

Written by David Beaty

Novelist, screenwriter, poet. Fan of all things writing, film, music. Married forty-seven years. Dog lover.

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