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The Beatnik CowboyThe Beatnik Cowboy Skip to content The Beatnik Cowboy Menu HomeAbout Letters From the Editors Stephen Jarrell Williams October 16, 2024 ~ The Beatnik Cowboy ~ Leave a comment "Sign of the Times"You made itback to your apartment.Roof torn off.Night sky peeking in.You stripand lay on your wet mattress.Counting your cuts and bumps,realizing you're better off than most. Orman Day October 16, 2024 ~ The Beatnik Cowboy ~ Leave a comment Don’t Be Grim, Mr. ReaperMr. Reaper, sorry to interrupt you at the hospice doorway, but I’m seventy-eight and before it’s too late, I’d like to sayyou need the cunning of my illustrious P.R. careerto create an image that doesn’t make mortals tremble with fear.Look in a mirror at your skeletal self. Is this your preference?I used to spin corporate maleficence into acts of beneficence,so I don’t think it’s grievous follyto want to re-brand you from Grim to Jolly?Not to distress you with body dysmorphia disorder,but wouldn’t flesh on your bones diminish your horror,and what about a blue cape instead of a black shroud,and a brown skimmer hat with a ribbon to make you proud?Banish your steed to the glue factory, ride a melodious motorbike,ditch the blood-dripping scythe. Who wants to appear ghostlike?Play a jaunty tune on an accordion, dance into a sickroom, spread toe-tapping joy instead of thunder-clapping doom.To the beat of the “Beer Barrel Polka,” harvest their dear souls, pose for selfies, leave them laughing until their bell tolls.Wait! Please don’t wag your bony finger at me, Mr. Reaper!It’s not my turn to be a rotting eternal sleeper.Even if you hate my glorious marketing plan,can’t you at least grab me with a velvet-gloved hand? Benito Vila October 16, 2024 ~ The Beatnik Cowboy ~ Leave a comment There’s a Divine Dance (and We’re in It)There’s a divine dance and we're in it. We might as well sing along, forgive, set free the bothers,the bitchy stuff. Whatever the tune, folk, funk, punk and pop make something out of nothing.They’re threats to anything or anyone who doesn’t want us to feel good about ourselves. Man inventing his precious eternity made an easy ending impossible. Love isn’t the stuff of words or books or reason. It is. Most times, healing takes a lot more than Band-Aids. When the light comes off something slightly differently than it ever has before, it can be seen in a whole new way. Jason Melvin October 16, 2024 ~ The Beatnik Cowboy ~ Leave a comment Hula-Hoop Girl sprawled out in the grass at a music festivalmy teenage daughter beside methe kind of scene where a lawn chairwould indicate advanced age and I’m a liarfeeling nostalgic for the dayswhen laying in grass was a joywhen the itchiness didn’t matterwhen getting upright again wouldn’t be a challengewhen ticks were not a worry You spun in circlesfifty feet away from usthe only entertainment before the music startedregaled in denim bell-bottoms and a flowered topa hula-hoop flowing from hips to arms to neck flawlessa scene that has me feeling nostalgicalthough nostalgia indicates presenceI’m estimating twenty years on youand this scene is indicative of my parent’s youth Your auburn haircaught in the sunlightcaught in a past that we weren’t alive for Jay Passer October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 ~ The Beatnik Cowboy ~ Leave a comment I Get Hardjust thinking about her2 states awayin love with someone elseno matter how hot it getsit’s the end of summerno matterthe ceiling fan lethargicwhile somewheredark, deep, brooding,esoterican earthquake considersrebirthThe CritiqueWe were on a busCrushed in there with the foreign touristsCruising west on Santa Monica BlvdHurtling through Beverly Hills throughThe wooded area where the touristsWere using their phones to takePictures of the Beverly Hills signI noticed a number of rather vulgar sculpturesI turned to her and saidLook at all that trash disguised as artThese rich motherfuckers have no tasteAnd she turned to me and saidWhat are you talking aboutThere’s all kinds of perfect sculpturesShe waved her hand at the window vaguelyLook at them all, can’t you see?She had this glassy look in her eyesShe was talking about the treesI looked out at the trees whooshing byI looked at her with her glazed eyesAnd I thought How do I always end upWith hippie girlfriends? Robin Wright October 12, 2024 ~ The Beatnik Cowboy ~ Leave a comment Death of the Father Windows and wallscan’t contain all that runsthrough this house,a waterfall that neverceases, fills up every room,every corner, every crack,spills into the streets.Neighbors wade through itwithout noticing, drive cars,walk, jog, ride bicycles.For the family, there is nolifeguard, no lifejacket, no lifethat can be conceived in theAfter – only the Beforeof memories. Daniel S. Irwin October 12, 2024 ~ The Beatnik Cowboy ~ Leave a comment Only In AmericaPoor man, he works his situation to his benefit.Walks to the highway with a cardboard sign:NO CAR, TWO KIDS, TWO HUNGRY CATS,GOT NO FOOD, GOT NO JOB. PLEASE HELP.Not a lie. The Mercedes in the shop for an oil change.His two kids are full grown with families of their own,Neither one lives with him and both have good jobs.He doesn't have any food. He just pigged at Applebee's.He retired last month with a pension and Social Security.The only car that stopped to help him took his sign,Robbed him of his shoes and followed him home.They took his cats to make immigrant stew. Ross Vassilev October 12, 2024October 14, 2024 ~ The Beatnik Cowboy ~ Leave a comment dunwuyou gotta gothroughyears of miseryand stupidityto achievesudden enlightenmentand realizethat life is justa waste of time Todd Matson October 12, 2024 ~ The Beatnik Cowboy ~ Leave a comment Cherry PickersThe bible forbids them fromwearing clothes made of differentfabrics, yet they prance around like peacocksin their cotton, rayon, spandex and polyester blends.The bible forbids them fromeating pigs, yet they can be seeneating like pigs at the church pig roast.The bible forbids them fromeven touching the carcass of a pig,yet every Sunday they praise and worshiptheir favorite college and NFL football teams astestosterone poisoned heroes run pigskins into endzones.The bible forbids them fromhaving premarital sex, having sex duringmenstruation, having extramarital affairs, getting divorced,getting remarried, yet they tell their children, Do as I say and not as a I do.The bible forbids them fromcheating on their spouses, insiststhose who do should be put to death.The bible forbids them fromworking on the Sabbath, insiststhose who do should be put to death.The bible forbids them fromdishonoring their parents, insiststhose who do should be put to death.The bible forbids them frompracticing idolatry, insists thosewho worship their money, houses, carsor iconic football stars should be put to death.Yet they whistle past the graveyardas they cheat, work on Sundays, dishonor theirparents and worship their idols, while insisting that the biblecondemns members of the LGBTQ+ community, as if everyone whodoes not love like they do should be put to death, because the bible tells them so. Guy Roads October 12, 2024 ~ The Beatnik Cowboy ~ Leave a comment MiltonParadise is lostReality has become an unbearable dreamMy days are eaten by cannibalsstorms, elephants, porches, and teethI feel like I’m in a fuckin’ hurricaneI feel like crying all the time. Posts navigation Previous The Beatnik Cowboy © is the sole property of the editors and its name cannot be used without the expressed written consent of the editors. All works published by The Beatnik Cowboy © are the property of the creator, and rights revert back to the creator of the work after publication. To donate or request a subscription to the print edition of The Beatnik Cowboy ©, please contact the editors at thebeatnikcowboy@gmail.com. Photo from Life Magazine. Used without permission or profit. Blog at WordPress.com. The Beatnik Cowboy Blog at WordPress.com. Subscribe Subscribed The Beatnik Cowboy Join 89 other subscribers Sign me up Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now. 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