I rode by an old homestead’s ruins
Saw a ghost standin’ there
I said, “Well, howdy, oldtimer,
You be goin’ somewhere?”
He didn’t look friendly, but then,
That’s the first ghost I’d met.
Then he pointed at the rubble
And both his cheeks got wet
He spoke in a raspy voice
Like nothin’ worked real well.
Talked of hard times and good times, too,
And tales that he could tell.
He got throwed from a wild mustang –
Broke his neck in ’50.
His widow wed a trav’lin man –
Nothin’ if not shifty.
So he spent thirty years near ‘bouts
Hauntin’ his own home.
Been so busy spreadin’ ghostly
Ain’t had much time to roam.
I asked him why he’s standin’ ‘round
When all his folks was gone –
He said he didn’t rightly know,
He just kept hangin’ on.
I said, “Well, podnah, climb on up –
You don’t weigh much I ‘spect.”
He said, “No sir, don’t think I’ll ride –
Last time I broke my neck.”
So if you see a ghost ‘round here,
One lookin’ kinda gaunt,
Be nice to that wore out cowboy –
He’s lost his place to haunt
Categories:
oldtimer, conflict,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Silvergreyhaired,
and one can say rather old
yet she's all I got
Categories:
oldtimer, for her, husband, i
Form: Senryu
HEATHER
A young man caught the train,
back in nineteen sixty four.
He was headed down to Brisbane again,
when this nice blonde sort he saw.
She got on at Nindi Gully late ,
she seemed ooze romance.
He said to a passenger, 'I`ll win her mate',
the oldtimer said 'No chance!'
So he sat with her and they talked a while,
so attentive this young chap.
The old timer covered up a smile,
as the boy lay his head on her lap.
She`d been in a pensive mood so far,
then her mind on him was made.
Heather asked him to her sleeper car,
he joined her there and stayed .
The old man`s mouth was open wide,
when they`d gone at 3 o`clock.
He`d won her hadn`t really tried,
this young man stunned with shock.
With the curtains drawn they settled down,
in fine coal dust of this grimy train.
The squeak and the rolling rattles did drown,
their passion's sweet refraim.
by D H Johnson
But then I lost her Phone number and was haunted by the song
Trains n Boats n Planes, when next I saw her she was engaged :)
Categories:
oldtimer, adventureold, old,
Form: Rhyme