Originally unleashed on Facebook 16 June 2015
The following daydream stunned me today.
I had absolutely no idea where it was going while I was having it. Not until it arrived there.
Time: the old west.
Location: The prairie.
Night. Three cowboys sit around a fire. Mooing sounds off-screen indicate the presence of a herd.
Cowboy #1: You know what? Ah’m gonna go to bossman Jenkins and tell him I want to be chief cowboy. Done worked for him long enough.
Cowboy #2: What’s the point? You’re well-set in your current job. You stick your head up, he’s a-gonna say no. Besides, he probably don’like you anyways.
Cowboy #3: (takes out guitar) I been workin on a new song.
Cowboy #2: Don’t make a fool of yourself. Nobody wants to hear a new song. Them old ones are good enough.
Cowboy #3: (puts down guitar)
Cowboy # 2: You know, though, soon as I draw my pay I’m gonna saddle up and ride into town, to propose to Betty Sue.
Cowboy #1: You’ll be wasting your time. Cain’t imagine a girl that nice saying yes to you. You’ll just be embarrassing yourself.
(The fire crackles. All three cowboys look mightily down.)
ENTER: A deer and an antelope, playing, and in so doing documenting that the song isn’t, you know, COMPLETELY full of shit.
Comment By: Cameron Halket
June 16th, 2017 at 10:17 am
Yeah, about that “discouraging word” bit…