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Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2003-04-21 08:47 AM

I stood there at the storefront-
The poster new and white.
The bold-face print announcing:
"Come Rodeo Tonight".

I felt an inner longing...
And thought, "I ought to go!
I'm fifty, but I've got the try-
For one more rodeo!"

One more grasp at glory,
Once more tempting fate.
It is the same old story-
Too little, far too late.

The kid in this old body-
Says, "C'mon, Gramps, let's go-
You know you can still do it!
Just one more rodeo!"

I thought, "You know-
He might be right! What fun to blow and go...
Besides this just my be the night,
For one more rodeo."

But as I limped out to the truck,
I had to grimly laugh.
And thought, "You're just a broke up fool,
Still living in the past."

"Ride? Why you can barely walk-
That's why you quit, you know?
I guess I'll drive back to the ranch,
Forget the rodeo!"

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2003-04-21 11:31 AM

You mean you won't even go
and watch the young bucks?
Cheer them on?
Feel their pain?
perhaps THAT's why I missed you!

Enjoyed this, GS...

you're never to old
to enjoy the show...
so back in that truck,
for rodeo...

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

2 posted 2003-04-21 12:02 PM

Ahh, you might not be able to participate in the actual rodeo....but, my, what tales you have to tell. Good write. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2003-04-21 01:07 PM

I love you stories John...
I do wish you would share more..especially about the rodeos.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

4 posted 2003-04-21 01:19 PM

John, I have to agree with Nancy...you write such compelling poems about your rodeo days...please continue to share with us..

believe in what your heart feels...

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2003-05-25 04:58 AM

well...I have to agree with everyone here

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