The Gaucho That Googled His Life

A gauche gaucho, 
a galoot,
rawboned and grizzly, 
rode into 
a snoring border town.

"Google me," he said, 
as he hitched his mare to 
a wild hair.

The cranky cowhand 
had gambled on 
an internet cantina being open 
but the only horse in town 
had been gridlocked for hours.

Later they found him 
slumped over 
a frozen quesadilla.

"Poor Bugger." They cooed.
"Poor lonely gaucho 
with his empty man-bag 
and no mail.
Just a gadget for company,
an uncharged blackberry.
The god-damn humanity."
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Molloy Avatar
September 7, 2019 at 3:58 AM
strangely beguiling piece of writing. to be honest, it's the first of your pieces I read. Picked it because the title intrigued me
Ashford Avatar
September 7, 2019 at 11:08 AM
Thanks Declan, hope you read more. Some of my poems smell a bit, some stink, and some are just okay. Cheers!
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