A Cowboy's Life

by Duane Morgan

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Riden the fence line,
looken for broken barbed wire,
tenden and menden and
putten out wild fire.

Out there sometimes
for months on end,
with only you
my best friend.

What a life I chose,
to ride from daylight to dark,
never learnen to read or write,
only to make my mark.

Things are not as important
as most people think,
for a life can be over in a moment,
or a blink.



Saddlebags are empty
not a dollar to my name,
my coffee is getten cold,
now ain't that a damn shame.

Better find some wood
and stoke up the fire,
settle down for a nights sleep
and not dream of barbed wire.

Waken up in the morning
with two days growth on my chin,
my hat is tattered and torn,
boots with two holes worn in.

Stoken up that fire,
to warm that coffee up,
still pondering life,
while drinken from an old tin cup.

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Poem © 1997-8 Duane Morgan

Duane Morgan is a photographer and part-time poet. He combines his photography and writing talents by framing his cowboy photographs and poetry together. His work is available in his gallery or by contacting him at bigwave@aloha.net.