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A Cowboy's All I Claim
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A Cowboy's All I Claim |
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John Yaws Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 860Texas 
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I’ve never spent a lot of time in any city- To tell the truth, that living’s not my style. I’d rather be astride some Texas pony… In the country where a man can see for miles. I’ll never be a whiz with a computer- Some people say I barely write my name. I can rope, and ride, and work with ornery cattle- I guess that is my only claim to fame. I’ve been told that I act like a stuck-up person. And often act like I have too much pride. The truth be known, I guess I’m kinda bashful… And keep my feelin’s bottled up inside. I’ve been baked out in the Arizona desert- And I’ve frozen in the California peaks… And I wore my western clothes to West Virginia- Where the people look at cwboys like we’re freaks. I have known a lot of people who would change me. And try to put some polish on my style… I still speak my peace at almost all occasions… No matter who, or whom, my words may rile. I will treat you with respect when I first meet you- And I expect for you to treat me just the same. I won’t change my ways to suit another’s fancy… I’m just what you see… a cowboy’s all I claim. |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
I find it strange that some people are quite narrow minded they fear what is different to themselves. They expect everyone to share their limited vision of the world. If only more people who follow your example in the last stanza "I will treat you with respect when I first meet you- And I expect for you to treat me just the same. I won’t change my ways to suit another’s fancy… I’m just what you see… a cowboy’s all I claim". wonderful poem. "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. " E.E Cummings. ------------------------ "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? " Douglas Adams. "Here chewing your tail is joy" Richey Edwards "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "Do not listen to a word I say Just listen to what I can keep silent" Nicky Wire |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
What we are should be enough. No one should change to please somebody else's ideas of what they should be. Great poem, John! I enjoyed this, as I enjoy everything that you write. Denise |
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