songanddancegirl

"It's about words, and words are all I have…"

one more once

🖤 Lee Atkins  1921-1989  RIP 🖤

daddybird put me on a horse at 3   grab the mane!

said he   there was no saddle   he walked close by

in cowboy boots   Jewish John Wayne

 

The Rifleman  my favourite tv show back then  Mark

the Rifleman’s son  my 1st love interest  cowboy father

knew   +took me to see him  at the rodeo

never been so excited  since   father’s big manbody beside me

fragrant+paco rabbane   Mark on his horse  the bull’s butts smeared

with feces    DAD WHAT IS THAT??     (almost the best part)

 

hey daddybird come back!  +walk with me through the

shit abyss of my   late 60’s   morass   childhood a cakewalk

compared to this        or was it?

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Winter 2025  ..poet soon Lee’s age..when he died..dig it?

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