By Violet
Date: 2003 Jan 09
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[[2003.01.09.17.14.7420]]

the cowboy is laughing

when i was driving
i saw a guy
he wore a cowboy hat
and a 5 o'clock shadow
i saw him in my rearview mirror
as he drove his minivan
it seemed so wrong
i stared too much
where was his oversized ford truck?
i wondered if he still wore wranglers
did he have a little blonde woman?
lonestar cowboy
had he traded his spurs
for huggies and rattles?
i pictured him
balancing a baby on a tight denim hip
covered in spit up and strained peas
dreaming of beer and bon fires and cattle herding
if he could, would he ride into the night on a silver steed?
does life trap all of us?
i didn't realize that the light was green
jolting to speed
i looked back one last time
my romantic fallen cowboy
was laughing at me