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Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 2003-03-08 11:50 AM

One eyed Jake
and Mule Eared John
are cowboys down
from Texas way,
they ride the trail,
the Chisholm Trail,
on a cattle drive,
north every day,
to Abiline on the Smoky Hill,
trailhead of the Kansas plains,
dawn to dusk
in all kinds of weather,
searing heat and pourin' rains,
rattlesnakes and Kiowas
seemed kind of tame
when a longhorned steer
paws the ground
and stares you down;
Texas longhorns
ain't got no fear.
Eatin' Cookie's beans
and cold hardtack,
a chef that ole codger surely ain't,
but food is food
when a cowboy's starvin';
cowpokes don't need
their vittles quaint,
thirty bucks a month their pay,
our cowboy duo
ain't strikin' it rich,
Riding drag and eatin' dust,
plumb tuckered out,
their lives a bit..
monotomous just ridin' and starin'
day after day
at a longhorn's tail end,
as they ride the trail,
the Chisholm Trail;
to Abiline wend, trail's end,
yep, you heard me
THE END.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2003-03-08 11:54 AM

Did you read Justice Nuss' article, January 2000 [or was it 1999?], I believe, in the KBAJ? Story about the Dewey-Berry war...you'd enjoy the read, Sir...I guarauHNtee...

Just as I enjoyed this!

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

2 posted 2003-03-08 12:19 PM

Enjoyed this road you're on and the trail of thought you took me to.

Ride 'em Cowboy~

Connel

Senior Member

since 2002-11-04

Posts 736
Florida, USA

3 posted 2003-03-08 12:21 PM

This is a good one! I love it!

Anyone can write, But only poets can capture the heart.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

4 posted 2003-03-08 04:57 PM

Tim - I liked this a lot - what a storyteller - very nice xxoo

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

5 posted 2003-03-08 05:35 PM

(smiles) Yep yep yep, Abiliene is the depot for all cowboys, what an excursion this is, I love the narration, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Tim, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

6 posted 2003-03-09 05:17 PM

Thanks for the ride on the trail, Tim! I enjoyed myself!

icequeen
Senior Member

since 2001-12-09

Posts 633
FL USA

7 posted 2003-03-09 05:23 PM

Hey this was great - loved all the images it brought up! Good story too!

regards2you
Member Elite

since 2002-10-01

Posts 3940
California

8 posted 2003-03-09 10:03 PM

Yes, quite the story teller, you are.
Interesting write.

Enjoyed,
Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

9 posted 2003-03-09 10:06 PM

I truly enjoyed the story and the rhymes. Good strong images, too.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

10 posted 2003-03-10 02:01 AM

nice story

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