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Wild Horses I want wild horses and my funeral bright prancing in hooves shod in solid gold Even wilder horses at my grave site I beg this end when I get too damn old! I want six-shooters there loud blasting and cowboys wearing sharp toe boots I never planned on this trip long lasting always, great pride in my Southern roots! There was a pretty senorita a'dancing O' once she meant the world to me I want to remember our deep romancing like smooth waves on a shining sea! Nights I spent drinking and fighting STILL BRING A BIG SMILE TO ME I SEE HER AGAIN, MOON JUST A'LIGHTING that jet-black hair flowing so free! Time has way of hurting and a'eroding sending long cold shivers a'shaking Pray I see her again just a'holding apple pie for me she was a'baking! I want wild horses and my funeral bright prancing in hooves shod in solid gold Even wilder horses at my grave site I beg this end when I get too damn old! R. J. Lindley Date -ancient, maybe 69 or 70.. Note- OK, I made it(too damn old).. Now I want those horses a few more decades later- for life has given me both hope and love. My death, A'waitin' on me, instead of me A'waitin' on it..

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Date: 1/19/2017 2:09:00 PM
Brilliantly said. Thanks for being one of my followers.
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Date: 1/11/2017 7:16:00 AM
Sounds like a wonderful list of poetic requests. What a way to go out, still hoping you stick around a bunch more.
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Date: 1/11/2017 4:35:00 AM
A colourful, lively poem, a true celebration of life's rich tapestry, and it's inevitable end. Do not go gentle into that goodnight, cowboy.
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Date: 1/11/2017 3:23:00 AM
time does have a way of hurting
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Date: 1/10/2017 10:07:00 PM
You are Bidziil: Navajo for "he is strong" I don't know the word for poetry but you are strong in poetry. I love this, Robert. /|\
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Date: 1/10/2017 10:09:00 PM
But Tasunke is Dakota for Horse /|\

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