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Cowboy Hats And Railways

John D Robinson

Another time, drunk on wine
and beer and high on hash
and both of us wearing
these ridiculous oversized
Stetsons; he dared me to
climb onto the railway
bridge and swing above the
railway tracks and it didn’t
seem to be a bad suggestion
so I did just that and as I
dangled from the iron bridge
above the tracks, I thought
of a time when I was 8 or 9
when he had passed out
drunk and I didn’t know
where we were and I
couldn’t wake him up and I
shouted and kicked and
punched him with tears in
my eyes and he wouldn’t
wake up and I walked
away leaving him laying
in an alcoholic black-out
and somehow, I can’t
remember how, I made it
home and my mother hugged
me like she had never done
before or since
and my father returned
a couple days later;
and I hung from the bridge
above the railway tracks
and he joined me and we
sang a few songs and our
arms tired and we decided
to climb back onto the
bridge
and then we threw our
Stetsons onto the
tracks and went in search
of another bar.

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