Cuttin' Prospect by Jackie Moranty

Prospects are chosen carefully
for any kind of sport.
When it comes to money won,
no one wants to come up short.

So when it came to my first run,
I got to fork Old Don.
A sixteen year old turn back horse,
brought here from Texas by Ron.

They told me to just sit there,
keep my balance and hold on tight
‘cuz Old Don, he could move a cow
quicker than the speed of light.

So I went in and pulled one back
out of the herd of four.
I dropped the reins and grabbed the horn
and damn near hit the floor!

If I hung too tight with my legs,
Old Don would get to gunnin’
but if I’d let go, I was sure,
from under me, he’d be runnin’.

He’d push ‘em out ahead of us,
back past the timing line.
So I’d poke him with a spur
to keep the run looking fine.

I made it through the first run
without much trepidation,
but Old Don got real fired up
like he’d got fresh ammunition.

So we went and cut another one
and it wasn’t real long after,
that I managed to blow a stirrup
so I had to end that chapter.

Well, I got myself back situated
and went to try again.
In looking for a lazy calf,
I came up with one mean as sin!

I managed to ride this one out
for a minute, maybe two.
No one thought I’d make it,
boucin’ around like a kangaroo.

Finally I quit the herd,
and rode back out the pen.
Laughin’ like the devil inside,
feelin’ like I cheated death again.

I hadn’t had my balance,
the saddle was too big
the stirrups weren’t near short enough,
I was riding in Ron’s cuttin’ rig!

Old Don was working his hardest.
He gave me four good rides.
I rode him like a rag doll,
but I stayed on the top side.

I petted him when I stepped down
and I scratched behind his ears.
He looked at me like I was crazy.
He’d never seen that in his career.

His look actually seemed to say,
“Woman, you made me TIRED!
You’ll never make a cuttin’ prospect,
go on home, YOU’RE FIRED!”

1/27/02

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by Jackie Moranty
copyright 01-28-2002

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