A Cactus Ain't So Prickly

 Blogger's Note: The following poem is a favorite by my good friend and cowboy poet, Grizzly Hackle. It is published here with his permission.



A Cactus Ain’t So Prickly

by Grizzly Hackle

A cactus ain’t so prickly if you love it fer its thorns.

A longhorn cow’s quite lovely when y’appreciate her horns.

I’ve never found a stock pond too polluted for a dip

While on a summer cattle drive or cross-country cowboy trip.

Sometimes a girl’s purtier when her hair ain’t combed just right.

Besides, who’ll see her hair when the lights go out at night?

Sometimes it seems in life we start to noticin’ the bad

When we really should be lookin’ for the better things instead.

Don’t get me wrong. The world is full of things that ain’t so nice,

But every time I find one, I count a good thing twice.

Anyway, what good’s the summer sun ashinin’ in the sky

If you ain’t been cold and wet and wanted to be dry?

"Nadine" - The newest member of the herd.