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Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2005-07-02 01:20 PM

Cowboy's a verb, but also a noun.
A shame, and it's sad, but it's true.
A cowboy at heart, is shore what I am-
But, alas, that is not what I do.

I know several punchers, at home on the range-
But these days, restricted to trucks.
Who much rather live in those young, wilder days,
And mounting some pony that bucks.

A long time ago,with the wind on my face-
I lived just to do what I pleased,
The sun baking down, and tanning my skin.
As free as a sky full of geese.

Marriage put hobbles and shackles on me-
But I didn't stop, nosirree!
It was kids that corraled me, and cut off my wind...
And this is the reason, you see?

When I was still single, who gave a dang-
If I had a dollar or not?
Though money came hard, it was easily spent.
Or vanished in some poker pot.

Then when I was married, my wife's teeth were bad-
She cried with the pain late at night.
And dentists cost money, which I didn't have-
My heart told me, "this isn't right."

When the baby was sick, and my wife going crazy-
I asked myself what I could do?
And finally determined, that I'd light a shuck,
And told the boss that I was through.

It didn't take long, but it was a surprise-
That everything paid better dough,
That I had been making out there punchin' cows,
Prosperity's what brought me low.

But as I grow older, evaluate things-
This is the truth that I've found...
Cowboy, the trade, might be a verb.
But "Cowboy", the man, is a noun."

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2005-07-02 02:13 PM

Excellent write cowboy!
Good to read you again!

*If you would contact a moderator I'm sure they would transfer this to Open 36 so more could read*

~Hugs & Smiles, Nancy~

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2005-07-02 02:57 PM

Slinger~
Haven't seen you for awhile ... this is another of your fine pennings~

I'm in agreement with Enchantress ....
Now, I hope you will contact an OPEN FORUM Deputy Moderator or Administrator and have this moved to the new OPEN #36 so others can read and reply~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

Email noles1@totcon.com

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2005-07-03 09:42 PM

darn good write John

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