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Open Poetry #41

I'd Do It All Over Again

Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2007-09-27 09:33 PM

That rodeo circuit has been the downfall-
Of many a guy, beside me.
Enslaved by a lifestyle, and so mesmerized,
Convinced in our minds we were free.

Eating from cans as we went down the road-
Sharing floors in some motel.
For an eight second shot at the dough,
Arena lights casting their spell.

Riding while hurting, and “cowboyin’ up”-
I guess that we must have been fools;
But folly’s contagious, and least, so it seems,
Just look at the ‘rodeo schools’.

The school that I went to, was back on the ranch-
Ridin’ old dinks that would buck,
Determined to be the next “Casey Tibbs”, or ‘Shoulders’
With a wee bit of luck.

But now I am older, and my view is different-
And somehow that all makes me sad-
When ridin’ the bulls, it’s not ‘if you get hurt’-
It’s ‘when’ and then maybe ‘how bad’.

I guess I was never ‘the wolf of the world’-
But I thought I would give it a spin…
You may think I’m crazy, but given a chance,
I’d do it all over again.

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

1 posted 2007-09-27 09:40 PM

Yes Gunslinger, I can see it's in your

blood and I'll bet you have some great memories, great poem, thoroughly enjoyed it.

Lindsay

moondogz
Member

since 2007-05-01

Posts 397
Great White North

2 posted 2007-09-27 09:49 PM

Enjoyable read Gunslinger, thanks for takin' me down "buckaroo boulevard."

moon.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

3 posted 2007-09-28 09:38 AM

"Eating from cans as we went down the road-
Sharing floors in some motel.
For an eight second shot at the dough,
Arena lights casting their spell."

Sounds like something seen on the “silver-screen”, I think you should write a book about your rodeo adventures. Very interesting. Enjoyed the read!

JL

Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.
~Proverbs 22:9 NLT

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2007-09-30 06:28 PM

Nice writing...James

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