Cowboy Masculinity
Losing sleep Lion in winter
The other day
I noticed myself
Doing what I did as a kid
Dodging the treasonous unexpected bullet
In pantomime
From the sunlit unassuming town square
Lodging my shoulder against the door jam
For temporary shelter
Pulling out my twin ‘45s
Coming out into the open
Firing
Those six
guns
Taking another slug in the knee
Blood seeping from over my right holster
Fantasy sir will take you anywhere
Said my Muse
Smiling
Cowboy dreams
Keep me awake at night


Wonderful!
I want to be a cowboy baby