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 THE HORSE AUCTION

2/27/2017

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 THE HORSE AUCTION
 

By Donna Penley 
Th’ horse was old, past his prime when they led him into th’ ring;
Had a cut on his knee, but it wasn’t  bad .  I wondered what he would bring.
Was hunting a mount for my grandson.  Wanted something I could trust;
Th’ horse wasn’t lame ’didn’t look bad, if you looked  past the dirt an’ the dust.
Th’ auctioneer started making his spiel, said th’ horse was 16 years old;
An’ that gelding reined just  like a champ – th’ kind that’s worth pure gold.
I put up my hand when he started at Three,  just ,to see how the biddin’ would go;
But someone else had th’ same idea, an’ his price began to grow.
After awhile bids started t’ lag.  I was hoping against hope,
That I would prevail an’ buy this ol’ horse, but so did some other folk.
My grandson’s birthday was in just two days.  He wanted a horse real bad;
I wanted to make him into a horseman like I had made of his dad.
Th‘ bid was at Eight Hundred an’ Five.  They headed th’ horseout th’ door;
My bid was low, not quite up to snuff, so I bid Twenty Five more.
Th’ woman sitting across th’ ring must o’ wanted the horse just as bad;
She raised my bid by Ten dollars.  She was starting to make me mad!
Th’ price was now at Eight Hundred an’ Forty.  I was beginning to feel real low;
How would I feel if I went home without him?   I was running out of dough.
I decided then to bid one more time.  After that I’d have to go home;
An’ to my delight, the woman quit bidding, an’ that surprised me some.
Then, as I loaded th’ horse in my trailer,  I noticed across th’ way,
That same woman was loading a pony, an’ I heard her girlfriend say:
“You got a good price for ol’ Buck over there.  But, don’t ya feel some remorse?
Taking some dumb cowboy for a ride by bidding on your own horse?”
I could do nothing but get in my truck, feelin’ real stupid and dumb.
But, after all, it was worth it.  Ol’ Buck would have a good home!  
 
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    Donna Penley is a Cowgirl Poet with deep Kansas roots who has been writing cowboy poetry for over twenty five years. She is a real Cowgirl and an ex-barrel racer.

    Donna writes about all phases of cowboy life, with lots of humor woven in. Her poem Carrie Nation hangs in the Carrie Nation Museum in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.

    As a benefit for the blind and sight impaired, Great Empire Broadcasting produced a cassette tape of her poetry and distributed it to all Kansas public libraries (
    No Preservatives Added : a collection of cowboy poetry).

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