Authors Note:
When I was about four or five years old, I decided that I'd wanted to be a cowboy. Not out of any gender confusion, but simply because I was a girl and wasn't allowed to have the fun cowboys did. And all I'd seen on-screen cowgirls do was look pretty. So,no... and hence my poem. Lost the first draft and had to start over from scratch, but I think its better this time around,even if the last two verses are weak tea. Imagine it all from my kid-self point of view. :)
Enjoy!
JMA
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I Always Wanted To Be A Cowboy
When I was a Little Girl,
Because they were allowed so much more fun:
I always wanted to Be A Cowboy.
Cowboys don't wear dresses;
They ride and spit and cuss and holler:
I always wanted to Be A Cowboy.
Cowboys don't sit with their ankles crossed,
And have to sip from dainty cups:
I always wanted to Be A Cowboy.
Cowboys wear spurs and chaps and big ole hats,
No ruffled Petticoats and Mary-Janes:
I always wanted to Be A Cowboy.
Cowboys ain't afraid of anything,
Exeptin' may be their mothers.
That's all that bothers A Cowboy.
A Cowboy's life is wild, shiny and grand,
They are allowed so much more fun:
I always wanted to Be A Cowboy.
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