" Joshua tried to find the right words to explain how things were--how they'd always been. " It's like... prairie dogs." Ben quirked an eyebrow at him." You see the holes. 'N' you know the dogs are around, even if you don't see the dogs themselves." " What the hell are you talkin' about?" " Gay. Cowboys. They're there. Like a lot of single cowboys, they go into Billings once a month, only they ain't there so see women. There's no point in flingin' yourself around in public, 's all. "