Train On A Broken Track
At one time you created a country
Traveling through land where no one would go
You saw the buffalo massacres
Families moving into the new frontier
Into cities built up along your tracks
But there were men who hunted you
Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and Elmer McCurdy
They became America’s anti-heroes
Men who became legends which still live on
Did you know any of those men
Are they the reason you were left all alone
Dead and resting on rusted and broken tracks
You go ahead and keep your secrets
We will write our own stories
In a few you may be the hero
But, I promise that every story will be good
And you will be remembered
Categories:
mccurdy, history, loss, travel,
Form: Free verse
Born in 1880
to a single mom
back in Maine.
He volunteered
in the army
after school.
He did many
robberies
bank's and trains.
He stayed in Oklahoma
but broke the law
in other states too.
His gang of jolly
men changed many times.
His demise
came from train
he went to rob.
Two demijons
and a watch
is all he got.
Asleep in a loft
the city marshall
and deputies came along.
Minutes pass by
but still alive.
Stinger Fenton got
the shot that count
that silenced his gun.
Being embombed
his body was a side show
for all to see.
In California one day
in the show
being a mannequin
his arm tore
as all were in shock
to see the bone.
McCurdy in a hearse
with gun riders beside
taken to boot hill in Guthrie
where he lay
Categories:
mccurdy, history,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Dirtybird McCurdy…
Driven not deterredy
Young though quite maturedy
Vision crisp not blurredy
Speech smooth not slurredy
On like the horse he’s spurredy
And in like the fish he’s luredy
King of dirty wordy
Success is quite assuredy
Actin’ quite alerty
As well as extroverty
Leaves a’turnin’ verde
Time to chase some skirty
Takin’ off the shirty
Feelin’ sort of flirty
Lookin’ for a purty
That’s lookin’ rich and sturdy
In pain and quite injuredy
Much cost will be incurredy
To the specialist he’s referredy
A good chance he’ll be curedy
Not running with the herdy
Old skeletons interredy
Categories:
mccurdy, allegory, dedication, health,
Form: Rhyme