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' the Cowboy's Compliment ... ' (Cowboy Poem # 4)

Now, Early from Young Womanhood I Owe A Cowboy, My Confidence Seems Nobody, Can Build A Woman Up Like A Cowboy’s Compliment … I Was On My Lunch Hour While Working At A Bank Downtown I Went To Piccadilly’s Cafeteria … got Line-Selection and Sat Down They Say, ‘You Never Know Who’s Looking’ And I Can See, That’s True And I’m Gonna’ Give You Proof By What Those Two Cowboys, Did Do … The Piccadilly’s Was Full ‘Cause There Was An Oil-Show In Town Two Western Hats and Suits Passed My Table One Tall-Blue, and One Tall-Brown And One, Picked Up My Ticket Don’t Remember Which, (It Was A Quick-Draw) I Was Busy, Sugaring Tea Shiny-Boots Passing, Was All I Saw … It Took A Moment for Mild-Shock, to Go Realizing I Had No Menu-Ticket ‘Til One of Them, At The Register, Pointed At Me and Paid … That’s Why They Picked-It Now, I Had An Office-Outfit On And, I Didn’t Think It Was All That … But Obviously, My Suit, Hairdo, and Polished-Heels Inspired Them To Pick Up The Check … Now, They Didn’t Try To Flirt They, Didn’t Say A Word To Me … Just Walked Out Into The Texas Sunshine Handing Me A High-Noon-Flattery … And Since from My Young Womanhood I Often Smile At Those Cowboy’s Compliment And Ain’t Nobody Been Able To “ Tell Me, I Ain’t All That – " Sense “ ! ! (LOL) A True Tale … MoonBee

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Date: 11/10/2009 11:42:00 AM
Great story, Moonbee!...I'll pick up your check any...Dang it all! (I blew it)! I went and said somethin' and I ain't got my boots on neither! But I AM pointin' at your table...'What table? Where? Who?...Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to leave or I'll be forced to call the manager' - Tim
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Date: 11/4/2009 8:52:00 PM
Wonderful true story Moonbee, As my great granny use to say when I would thank her for all the wonderful things she did for me when I was just a wee lad."I am certainly sure you were worth it or you would not have got it". God's exaltations are awesome aren't they! Sincerely, Love, Moses
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Date: 11/4/2009 6:41:00 PM
What a refreshingly upbeat poem, MoonBee! Ever since I was a little girl, I always had a thing for cowboys. Tried to lasso one when I visited a ranch, but those boys can ride fast! Indeed, a compliment like this from a cowboy shows what it means to be treated like a lady by a gentleman. Awesome write! Love, Carolyn
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