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Fair Query |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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 Fair’s summer time No longer holds summer smells And those smiles That we knew ~ for it’s Too sanitized, rides priced higher than A Ferris Wheel, and by George, I miss the freedoms Of my day… Where games and carnie rides Were ten to a dollar When laughter sounded Like an echo in hollers Oh my God…where did it go? Down the road PRB Rodeo… But what the professionals Have not forgot Is to give a prayer To God and our lot And the cowboys kneeled When their prayer was said, My throat caught, closed, ’Round the words in my head… “That God bless our Country, Our Men in the Field Let fear not destroy The Futures we Yield Bless our lives, for we know That it is our truth, That forever should Wave The Red, White and Blue…” Then the cowboys gave Their hearts and their souls To seek just eight seconds Their only goal To seek the flash Of a goal to its end Nor bust a lung, But a message to send… That there is hope When one follows desire As their bull bucked Sending them higher… And for a moment when The feeling comes true While spirits And Fair’s time seeks A minute’s renew For just one second, my brief life Saw more than one dream In the throw of a hat And a cowboy’s sweet gleam… And I wondered, Could it come back? The sounds of laughter, And kids at my back, Where spirits are free at a Summer’s sweet Fair And voices are clear In the soft summer air. |
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QjQ Member Elite
since 2003-04-18
Posts 3756U.S.A. |
thanks for the memories of the fairs and rodeos and rides,,, nice pics,,, |
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Patricia Member Elite
since 2003-04-06
Posts 2160Missouri |
I would love to answer your final question, Karilea...but alas, I have no answer. I think perhaps (though not sure) that youth's memory will always remain sweeter than this day's reality. I love so much about this... Patricia |
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Miah Senior Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 1062Pennsylvania |
The good old days. Thanks for the memory, we had our fair just last week. It is not like it use to be, I guess when your a child it is more magical! Wonderful!  |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Oh yes...this took me there. Thank you...  If you judge people, you have no time to love them. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Oh Karilea, this brought me back to when I was maybe eight years old. My dad took us to a rodeo, God I loved it and the way you write of the attitude then, is just beautiful. Thank you for the memory . . . xxoo |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
How did I miss this one? Perhaps I was on vacation? Yes..perhaps.. Love this as I did the rodeos of old. (speaking of old..when I first glimpsed at this I thought the title was Fairy Queen!! So much for the eyesight.) ~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~ ~ Summer can't be over... |
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James_A_Fraser Senior Member
since 2003-09-03
Posts 972Out Making Anticlines |
I never could figure out why a guy would want to ride a cow, just can't see a percentage in it. But if it would induce othewise sensible ladies to write poems about me, I might be willing to give it a try! |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Karilea You took me there...and touched me with the cowboy's prayer. |
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