You need to be a really good shooter if you catch your hat before it kisses the ground -- lest it be you.
Cowboys like to do things nice -- and -- fast because just doing it nice will come out a mess.
It's worth the run to do a Dallas spun around. (Fort Worth & Dallas Commerce Exchange)
Before the Bronc bell sounds off, tie-down real tight, lest you buck off headlong out of sight
If you shoot low, aim for the sun, and if you shoot high, at least you know where you going.
Cowboys never laugh, they're busy holstering their guns.
Categories:
holstering, appreciation, character, meaningful, philosophy,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
A lifetime ago, somewhere in Houston, I really tied one on.
Somewhere in the wreckage of a ninety-proof night.
I got into a fight and lost the keys to my apartment.
With a boozy shoulder, I attempted to ram down the door.
My landlady pointed a shiny 44 at my forehead.
Thankfully she recognized me between puffs of moonlight.
She re-holstered my death and walked away in a huff.
(There's something about a tight little blonde with a big shiny gun)
She wouldn't talk to me for days...until the rent was up.
This story is 89 proof with only one tiny embellishment...
Categories:
holstering, abuse,
Form: Free verse