Re: All right guys and gals, I need a poetical fav

Posted by Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, on December 26, 2005 at 19:31:47 from (209.71.222.59):

In Reply to: Re: All right guys and gals, I need a poetical fav posted by Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, on December 26, 2005 at 19:20:57:

Cowboy poetry competition

Pat Lytton of Sheridan Lake, BC, got one of the two hounourable mentions with her poem "Tender on the Plate".

Tender on the Plate

The kids and I were heading home from a day in town,
The clouds built up the way they do and rain was pelting down.
After making several trips from car to house carrying groceries and such,
The four kids and I were looking forward to sitting down and not doing much.
But as you know things on a ranch have a way of changing your plans,
Which I knew had happened to me as soon as I turned on the tap to wash my hands.
"There is no water," I yelled to the kids as I ran downstairs to check the pump,
When my oldest called back, "Mom come take a look!" My heart gave a jump.
Upstairs I flew to take this look and wished I didn't see what I had seen,
A big open hole in the ground where the top of the well had been.
Right then I knew we were in for trouble,
And lit outside to take a peek on the double.
Gazing up at me and looking mighty sorry,
Was my brother's steer in all his eight hundred pound glory.
His head almost touched his tail as he stood curled around in that eight foot upright culvert,
And it looked like he had been there awhile from all the muck and broken pipes that lay in the dirt.
I happened to notice his waterworks were lined up over the open pipe of the well,
And figured he had added to the level of the water down there after he had fell.
Just to show me how clever he was he took another circle around,
And I wondered how I'm going to get him up the ten feet to solid ground.
The tractor with its bucket seemed the only way,
That we might be able to get him out somehow this day.
So I called to my two oldest, twelve and ten they were then,
For on their help alone I had to depend.
That rain was making everything very slick and wet,
And we still had to figure how to get a sling under him yet.
If we could make a sling of old blankets and ropes and tie it around his belly,
We would hook it to the bucket and lift him out quicker then making jelly.
We hoped.
Trick number one was making a strong sling.
Then getting it down and back up around him was no easy thing.
Finally we had chains and ropes attached to the bucket top,
We started to lift and that critter started to slip, so I yelled stop.
We needed something else to make him more secure,
So I got the idea of using something that would work for sure.
Now I figured maybe it would not really give my husband a thrill,
But I was getting desperate and those round baler belts might just fill the bill.
So we ran them down the hole and hooked them with a pole to bring them up the other side,
And attached them to the tractor and I said, "Let's let 'em ride."
My son started lifting the bucket, to get the steer out,
And all was looking good when my daughter gave a shout.
Wouldn't you know it as soon as his head had reached the top,
That steer thought he was free and he started to do a flop.
Things were quickly slipping,
And I shouted keep on going.
Just as my son swung the tractor around,
That steer plopped out, bum first on the ground.
He stayed there a minute looking kind of stunned,
Then got up, shook himself and took off on a run.
Without nary a thank-you to the three of us.
Come that fall my brother said that was the best meat he ever had on his plate,
And wanted us to do the same thing next year, on the very same date.

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