Don't Follow Me. I Ain't Goin' Nowhere. Poem by Cowboy Ron Williams

Don't Follow Me. I Ain't Goin' Nowhere.

Rating: 5.0


Poem Hunter notified me the other day
that a certain person had started
following me.

I had to wonder why.

I've already been everywhere
and done everything
I ever wanted to do.
Well, almost.

I have no place else to go
and nothing left to do.
I'm just sittin' around
waitin' for the buzzards
to carry me off.

So, no need to follow me.
I ain't goin' nowhere.

Don't Follow Me. I Ain't Goin' Nowhere.
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
As of this posting I have 34 followers. I reckon a few of them will stop following me now. Some of the places I go, they would need a horse to keep up with me, anyway. In fact, I told my horse that some people were starting to follow me, and he just laughed.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 16 February 2023

PART ONE--humph--even if you 'just' ride a rocking chair on your front porch, I'll sit there and rock by you and listen to your tales about your life or life in general--Cowboys always have traveled some interesting trails to share and stood outside at night and communed with the stars

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Susan Williams 16 February 2023

PART THREE---so buck up. my friend, we're going to follow you whether you think you're not going anywhere cuz you already have gone a lot of interesting places in this world and in your life and we like hearing about it--so there.

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Susan Williams 16 February 2023

PART FOUR--- my horse is a traveling fiend and I've never worn him down yet so we be following your trail cuz it's been a worthwhile journey and I'm no slouch riding a rocking chair either--- I guess you'll have to put up with a huge gathering of rocking chairs on your porch

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Smoky Hoss 22 February 2023

Count me in!

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Bri Edwards 17 February 2023

That horse is 'laughing'? ? ? It's a scary beast! ! But it reminds me of Mr. Ed, of TV fame. 5 stars....for oldtimes' sake. ;)

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M.J. Lemon 28 February 2023

Now I have to follow! This is brilliant, Cowboy.

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Smoky Hoss 22 February 2023

I'm still following you pard, you're one of the few left in these parts who knows the trail!

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Smoky Hoss 22 February 2023

Great one Cowboy. I love the picture! I think I know that broomtail, his pappy throwed me at the Daddy of em All in Cheyenne a few years back!

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David Wood 17 February 2023

I'll follow you on my camel 🐪 you won't even notice me : )

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Bri Edwards 17 February 2023

i DON'T think of vultures/buzzards carrying off parts of carcasses, but I believe I DID see one carry off a small dead mammal from our backyard some years ago, I think a mole I'd seen lying around.

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