Cowboy

Cowboy times
In America on TV
In the movies and
Little kids on a pony
Having their pictures
Taken in cowboy regalia
Boys or girls in cowboy hat
Holsters and cap pistols at our
Side bandana around our neck all
A bit of the glamour of cowboys
Cavalry knights of the plains
And neighborhoods that
Poor pony had to cross
Kids in tears or elated
Or contemplative an
Eye on the camera
The other eye on
The pony aware
Each thing has
A story we do
Not always
Wish to be
Part of
But as
A kid
We are
What our
Parents live
Through so for
Every kid on a pony
Photo see a thwarted
Patent escaping into some
Childhood fantasy much
Like pet owners dress
Up their dog or cat
In cute outfits in
Fulfillment of a
Dream they
Deferred
Better
Than
Langston
Hughes’
Raisins
But
Masked
As the Lone
Ranger.