like 'no poets were hurt making this anthology'
On 07/03/2018 11:15, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Like it Bill but you forgot where they have to pretend to die. No
> animals were hurt in the making of this film?
>
> John
>
>> ----Original Message----
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: 06/03/2018 23:56
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subj: Horses
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>> Have no say
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>> in whether they want
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>> to appear in Westerns.
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>>
>> Directors, actors, stuntmen
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>> - and women - do.
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>> It’s up to them. But horses -
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>>
>> Think flooded river crossings,
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>> hauling laden wagons,
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>> full tilt range riding
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>>
>> Up and down mountains
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>> of shifting stones. Horses,
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>> called to plough on
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>> in all weathers,
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>> accepting with alacrity,
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>> sounds of shootouts,
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>>
>> roped into collapsing
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>> under cowboy weight,
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>> falling from great heights
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>> into raging rivers,
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>> onto dusty prairies,
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>> or snowy plains.
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>> Whipped by stage drivers,
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>> urged into burning saloons,
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>> crashing through windows.
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>> But without horses: pals,
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>> confidantes, muscled movers,
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>> where would your Western be?
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>>
>> OK, there’d still be corrals, stampedes,
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>> batwing-doored saloons, robbed banks,
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>> six shooters, main street gunfights.
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>>
>> But somewhere, tension must gallop.
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>> Horses, salute them.
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>> Hi Ho Silver!
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>>
>> bw
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