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C&I's Poem of the Week for 12/21/2011
T'was the night before Christmas and all 'round the ranch,
The five boys were plotting tricks that would make parents blanch.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with cheer
For that's where the trick was aimed this year.
For the four youngest had thought up a trick for Lee,
Just to see what a good sport the eldest would be.
They gathered frozen road apples from 'neath the barnyard snow
And snuck them into Lee's sock - way down at the toe.
With the morning fire lit the road apples caught the thaws,
And Lee knew he had a gift not from old Santa Claus.
So he peeked in, then went on to other things without a mention,
Which caused his four brothers much consternation.
They expected him to rant and rave and curse,
For the trick to be ignored was the very worst.
So finally one of the brothers said, "Lee, this is shocking,
"But you haven't told us what you had in your stocking."
The words Lee replied to his brothers' ears
Have lived in our family and echoed through the years.
For Lee replied carefully in his slow cowboy way,
"Well, Ah had a hoss, but he got away."
C&I's poem of the week for 12/21/2011. To submit your poems for consideration, please send them to mail@cowboysindians.com with "poetry" in the subject line. Selected entries will appear online.
