True Cowboy

Tan leather boots with fancy stitching
Butterscotch vest with pencilled fringe
Polished black Stetson size eight and three quarters
Faded denim shirt with copper snaps
Silver oversized belt buckle that shouts rodeo
Deep gravelly voice with cigar precision
A pronounced limp unnoticed for years
Shoulder soreness no longer felt
Calloused hands scruffy with purpose
Symmetrical Unadorned hatband 
Chiseled well mapped chin
Blue eyes faded by hundreds of suns
Hawkish nose with brownish patch
Saturday night cowboys stare in awe
Trying so hard to look the part
He wears with ease, unaware
He is being studied, real cowboy
Doing his own stuff, no agenda
Unconsciously perfect
In his maleness
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Gentile Avatar
September 10, 2018 at 12:58 PM
Incredible imagery Caren The sun is in my eyes after reading it!! Happy Monday xxoo
Krutsinger Avatar
September 10, 2018 at 8:19 PM
I was watching Longmire when I wrote this.
Laurie Avatar
September 9, 2018 at 9:56 PM
G'day Caren … this a cowboy alright, but they're called drovers down here and after spending months in the saddle tend to light up a town when let loose - thank you Caren - Lindsay
Krutsinger Avatar
September 10, 2018 at 8:19 PM
I was watching a series of cowboy aka drover movies, and I just started jotting down notes.
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