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What’s Good For Your Soul

4/7/2016

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What’s Good For Your Soul
By Donna Penley
 
These days it’s cool t’ be dressed up an’ lookin’ squeaky clean;
No unclean hands, no dirty nails – do you know what I mean?
Folks nowadays don’t know how t’ work – won’t dirty up their hands;
No sweat, no strain, no bother.  That’s just not in their plans.
 
The kids are worse, expect so much an’ give nothin’ in return;
No household chores, no cleanin’ rooms –won’t get off the divan.
Their nose stuck in a cell phone, or some electronic device;
An’ they ain’t payin’ for it – of that they don’t think twice.
 
Oh, I’m just  pure country folk Sometimes my  hands  ain’t  clean.
But I know what’s good for th’ soul an’ all things in between.
I love and care for nature’s  things, creatures great an’ small,
If my hands are dirty, my soul  is clean,  God don’t care at all.
So, if you’re tired of ‘me first’ attitudes, an folks who break the rules;
Get off th’ couch and  volunteer .  Your hands will fit  th’ tools.
You might get a little dirty an’ your fingernail not clean,
Then you’’l l know what’s good for your soul – an’ all things in between.

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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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