Monday, January 27, 2025

Western Movies

Ride me away on another cliché where

The sun settles soft at the end of the day

As the good guys, the bad guys and

         All in between

Paint the tale of an era played out on the screen.

 

With hokum and smoke ‘em and

         Horses and cattle,

Coyotes yappin’ and Injuns to battle,

Six-guns ablazin’ and

Pretty gals cooin’,

Pot-bellied sheriffs who ride to their ruin.

Men in white hats atop swift golden steeds

Chasing bad men in black whose hearts fill with greed.

The furious crush of a cavalry rush

With bugle and banner and sabre held high

Sweep to the rescue from manic marauders as

Victory echoes from their battle cry.

 

I know it was fantasy,

         Nothing quite real,

But I couldn’t escape how it all made me feel.

Saturday mornings, six-guns aflame,

         And I was a cowboy ridin’ the range.

 


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