Yeah it’s a hell of a thing…
Bein a cowboy
Squintin into that sun from under a brim
Balancing that smoke on yer bottom lip
Hell of a thing all right
Ridin into a hostile town
Folks all starin ya down
Wonderin…well… just wonderin
The jingle thud of each hollow step
on the wooden floor of a saloon
Stoppin that honky tonk mid tune
As ya sweep the doors open
Hell of a thing… wouldn ya say
Getting that look right… the one that says
get me a whisky damn fast, and slide down the bottle…
Or I’ll shoot ya.
Go ahead make… aha
And the spit…ting
You know, I was figurin…i’ve been shot…well must be at least
A thousand times and that ain’t countin the ones that missed
Damn… they even tried to hang me once
Yeah hell of a thing…
Leavin the ol town,
Turning yer back…knowin they ain’t gonna shoot ya…
Just you yer horse ridin out into the sunset
Hell of a thing… but someone had to do it
May as well have been me
I was just one lucky punk!
Yeah!
It was funny, I was watching Unforgiven a few nights ago, for the umpteenth time… Clint Eastwood was my favourite cowboy…the one I grew up with I’ve watched all of them I don’t know how many times… Anyway a bit late for the prompt but have had a busy weekend.
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I was late too 🙂 This was wonderful. I was able to read and get in character from the word picture you painted!
Ya, indeed a hell of a thing! Smiles. A cowboy is lucky if he is able to ride out into the sunset alive. (Thanks for your comment on my poem…so cool that you LIVED that when you were young!)
Yeah, he (or she), rode out into the sunset. Just like something out of a spaghetti western.
haha that was fun…its a hell of a thing ya know…and someone had to do it…a treat di
Yeah, you pegged it !! it’s a hell of a thing…
Hang em High, The Good The Bad and Tuco !!
Clint was def the king of spaghetti westerns
and I always loved that spitting thang !!
You really nailed the scene !! Well played !!
Now pour me a whiskey fast & leave the bottle !
It’s a comin just don’t shoot !! 😉
You done good gal !
You nailed it! Love this…only a movie cowboy could survive that many bad stares and bullet wounds. Love the jingle stomp sound too! Thank you so much for joining in with us doing Cowboy Poetry.
What fun.
I wonder if these folks would like it:
Thanks Jamie…might be worth a shot… ha ha! 🙂
Punny! 🙂
haha…yep..the life of a cowboy…def. adventurous and quite unforeseeable as well…cool take
Perfect cowboy dialect and very entertaining… you should definitely submit it!
Love it! I immediately thought of Jimmy Stewart and the Duke. Fun to hear it from first-person. .
This is absolutely awesome, Dianne! You nailed it!