A Cowboy Is

A COWBOY IS Who is a cowboy, what can be stated? Shane, the ideal hero, brave but understated. Eastwood, tough, fair, evens up the score. Wayne, big shoulders, represents goodness, law. These are fictitious figments of movie dreams Their actual life was not what it seems Real cowboys were lonely and died young With broken leg or shot in the lung, Injuries untreated, isolation, meals uneaten, Loneliness, poverty, danger, savagely beaten. Best friend his horse; best tool - his gun - Was rarely used, and never for fun. Never a deadly shot, never hit an ace-card. His life was often ended by wolves - hard. Illusory movies like Magnificent Seven Tell a fairy tale story of hard-working men With an unhealthy and short life, ending when Dead - more like The Dirty Dozen.