Post by me on Jul 15, 2020 9:29:57 GMT -7
Dee Johnson - One of my favorite poems . . .
The Cowboy and the Seagull
by: Phil Kennington
"Now the judge he wuzn't happy
When they brought the cowboy in.
The charge wuz "Seagull Poachin'".
It was time for discipline.
It was time to teach that feller
That we all should coexist,
Or else the seagulls might end up
On the endangered species list.
And so the judge demanded
Jake explain the reason why
The environment got trampled,
And the seagull had to die.
Jake said, "I's lost out on the prairie,
Sees this bird up in a tree.
I hadn't et fer days.
It wus either him er me."
The old judge felt compassion.
The cowboy seemed sincere.
Said he'd join the "Save A Seagull Club"
And be a volunteer.
And so the judge dismissed the case.
To pursue it seemed a waste.
And then he said, "Jake, by the way,
Just how does seagull taste?"
Jake answered, "Oh, it's similar
To any other fowl.
It's a little like Bald Eagle,
But it's more like Spotted Owl."
When they brought the cowboy in.
The charge wuz "Seagull Poachin'".
It was time for discipline.
It was time to teach that feller
That we all should coexist,
Or else the seagulls might end up
On the endangered species list.
And so the judge demanded
Jake explain the reason why
The environment got trampled,
And the seagull had to die.
Jake said, "I's lost out on the prairie,
Sees this bird up in a tree.
I hadn't et fer days.
It wus either him er me."
The old judge felt compassion.
The cowboy seemed sincere.
Said he'd join the "Save A Seagull Club"
And be a volunteer.
And so the judge dismissed the case.
To pursue it seemed a waste.
And then he said, "Jake, by the way,
Just how does seagull taste?"
Jake answered, "Oh, it's similar
To any other fowl.
It's a little like Bald Eagle,
But it's more like Spotted Owl."