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Bunkhouse Gossip |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA 
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We were squatting on our heels around the cookfire. I guess it must have been last Friday noon. When the coosie nodded t'ward the west horizon... He said, I 'low a storm is comin' soon. The younger guys all laughed at his prediction... But me, I tied my slicker to my kak- Cause coosie was a cook for Jesse Chisholm, He knows the trails to Abilene and back. It wasn't long before the clouds were boiling, At a guess, I'd say an hour, maybe two- Them longhorns were a gettin' mighty skittish, It would take the grace of God to get them through. The thunder started crashing, lightning flashing- I spurred my roan and headed for the lead. This recipe had all the crucial makings- To turn into a shore enough stampede. We lost them near the Clear Fork of the Brazos- Lightning flashed, the leaders broke and run... The country's rough and, Mister, I was frightened Afraid some one would die for we were done. When the storm was past and we had gathered- We tallied up our losses, filled with dread... When Pete walked in, he was the last one missing- We lost one horse, and about a hundred head. We laughed a bit in rough cow-country humor, As the coosie made the coffee strong and black. I slipped out of my slicker, and I thanked him, And rolled and tied it back behind my kak. You ask me what's the moral of my story? I don't suppose there is one, since you ask. It's just another bit of bunkhouse gossip- Among men to whom talking is a task. For cowboys spend their life out on the prairie- Their closest friend, a dun, or bay, or roan- They never get to polish social graces... Just like they live, they mostly die alone. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I do enjoy your cowboy poetry. There's a recipe for every occasion. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
 I love your stories John |
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scorpio Member Ascendant
since 2002-10-02
Posts 5178right...there |
Much enjoyed this write John.. believe in what your heart feels... |
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