My brother Ron and I in 1952, ready to ride the range.
Today at the gym I saw
A boy, about five,
Leaving with his mother
From the day care
Near the entrance.
He ran ahead of her—
No, he didn’t.
He skip-hopped,
Looking for all the world
Like a horse,
And then I saw he had his hands
In front of him as if
He were holding reins
And so, in his imagination,
He was riding a horse.
I did this when I was his age,
But my brother and I
Had Roy Rogers cowboy outfits,
Complete with cap guns,
Although we used up all the
Caps we had the first day
And had to go, “Pow! Pow! Pow!”
Which was all right
With us
And we pranced around our back yard
Shooting our guns, keeping the West safe,
And riding the best horses
The world had ever seen.
Dan Verner
April 7, 2017
Biscuit City 
We kids of the late 40’s and 50’s all have a picture of us somewhere in cowboy garb. I was a saddle tramp in the suburbs of Alexandria, channeling Hop-a-long Cassidy, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, the Cisco Kid, Kit Carson, the Lone Ranger, Matt Dillon, Wyatt Earp, Davey Crockett, Jim Bowie, Daniel Boone, Yancey Derringer, and later Johnny Yuma (Nick Adams), the Rifleman, Cheyanne, Sugarfoot, Maverick, Lawman, Palladin, and all the Cartwrights. Did I leave out any? I’m sure someone out there will remind me.
Thanks for your comment. I think you got them all. Did you happen to watch Pick Temple, a local cowboy? He was also one of our favorites.
Sure, he was before Cap’n Tug on channel 5.
Oh yeah!