Larry Bradfield Poet Cowboy Poetry

I Won'T Be Back Again

I Won't Be Back Again

I'll be gone this time tomorrow
I’ll catch a freight at dawn.
One goes east, another goes west
Don't matter which I'm on.

Came to Texas out of Tulsa
Lookin' for a future -
Got a lot of knots on my head
An' here an' there a suture.

Nobody told me 'bout these gals -
They’re Texans through and through.
I wandered to a dance hall bright
An' thought I'd drink a few.

Well, mercy me, the place was packed
With women of great beauty!
I slicked my hair, put on a grin,
Looked for me a cutie.

I saw one standin' all alone,
Dark hair and flashin' eyes.
I moseyed over tall and slick
An' started tellin' lies.

I was talkin' she was noddin'
We both was drinkin' beer -
I thought the time had surely come,
An' whispered in her ear.

Don't know what she was lookin' for,
But what I said ain't it !
She hit me with a cold Lone Star
An' threw a hissy fit !

She kicked me with them pointy toes,
Pounded with her knuckles.
Pulled the belt right off her britches  -
Hit me with the buckles.

After awhile she got wore out
An' stopped to catch her breath.
An’ I crawled out the nearest door -
I swear half beat to death !

So I'm patched up just sittin' here
An waitin' for a train.
I'll ride ‘til I’m out of Texas -
I won't be back again.

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Line Gauthier January 16, 2021 at 8:42 AM true love this was not ~ good poem

Ovidiu Bocsa April 8, 2016 at 1:11 PM An other poof of good imagery and power of expression under Romantic Times as we saw in movies, but with different levels of meaning> as life can be, as hope may be, as our great expectations are... Larry Bradfield April 19, 2016 at 9:09 PM Thank you for your kind comments!