Dear @USNavy: No wonder. I don’t blame you. But if @TulsiGabbard or @RepJasonCrow get elected in my district, don’t expect me to follow THEIR rules. A soldier’s morale, what he or she has earned, experience, discipline[s]. #USA General Washington to Bush #41.

The Alpha and Omega

John Rubens

Jan. 25, 2020

Cowboy song by John Rubens, accompaniment, acoustic guitar:

Get Along Little Doggie

Get along little doggie get along little doggie go see your little loved ones tonight. Get along little doggie get along, little doggie it’s I that am with you tonight. I watch you see the sunset I watch you see the sunset and I know that I too must be getting home. I see you feel the sun go I see you feel the sun go and I must take my leave of you tonight.

January 25, 2020

Inspired by Indigenous of North Dakota Buffalo Lands, Taneka

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John Rubens 01/25/2020

Revised for 2/2 tweets:

Get along little doggie [pronounced: “Dough-Geey” get along little doggie go see your little loved ones tonight. Get along little doggie get along little doggie it’s I that see shadows gather tonight. And I know you see the sun go & I know you see the sun go and you gather your small ones from shadows tonight. Show this threadJohn Rubens@raftofwater·5m I’m writing a song. I saw a video posted here on @twitter by “Indigenous” in North Dakota on reservation lands filled with buffalo and their young gathering before bedding down for the night. “Get along little doggie get along little doggie go see your little loved ones tonight.” Shadows closed in fast in North Dakota tonight.

Supplemental Copies of Tweets in tandem:

John Rubens@raftofwater·27mReplying to @raftofwater and @TwitterGet along little doggie get along little doggie go see your little loved ones tonight. Get along little doggie get along little doggie it’s I that see shadows gather tonight. And I know you see the sun go & I know you see the sun go and you go gather your small ones from shadows2John Rubens@raftofwater·1mGet along little dough-geey get along little dough-geey you gather your offspring tonight. The shadows approaching the shadows approaching and white man has a pistol tonight. He may be protecting you the Sioux do protect you but white man protects you too. We need to appreciate you buffalo, federal lands and the indigenous territories.

January 25, 2020

John Rubens

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