{"id":28464,"date":"2012-12-04T00:05:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T08:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=28464"},"modified":"2012-12-04T00:05:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T08:05:55","slug":"old-cowgirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/28464","title":{"rendered":"when I am an old cowgirl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image wp-image-28559\" style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"gift_gab-old_cowgirl-0116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/gift_gab-old_cowgirl-0116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I shall wear diamonds<br \/>\nAnd a wide-brimmed straw hat<br \/>\nWith silver and leather on it &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and I shall spend my social security<br \/>\nOn white wine and carrots<br \/>\nAnd sit in the alley of my barn<br \/>\nAnd listen to my horses breathe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image wp-image-28552\" title=\"gift_gab-old_cowgirl-0304\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/gift_gab-old_cowgirl-03041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I will sneak out in the middle of a summers&#8217; night<br \/>\nAnd ride the chestnut mare<br \/>\nAcross the moonstruck meadow.<br \/>\nIf my old bones will allow.<br \/>\nWhen people come to call I will smile and nod<br \/>\nAs I walk them past the gardens to the barn<br \/>\nAnd show, instead, the beauty growing there<br \/>\nIn stalls fresh-lined with straw.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image wp-image-28551\" style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"gift_gab-old_cowgirl-0665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/gift_gab-old_cowgirl-0665.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I will shovel and sweat and<br \/>\nWear hay in my hair as if it were a jewel.<br \/>\nAnd I will be an embarrassment to all<br \/>\nWho look down on me.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ve not yet found the peace in being free<br \/>\nTo love a horse as a friend,<br \/>\nA friend who waits at midnight hour<br \/>\nWith nuzzle and nicker and patient eyes<br \/>\nFor the kind of woman I will be,<br \/>\nWhen I am old.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image wp-image-28558\" title=\"gift_gab-old_cowgirl-0374\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/gift_gab-old_cowgirl-0374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Old Cowgirl by Patty Barnhart<br \/>\nOriginally published in <em>The Arabian Horse World<\/em> magazine in 1992.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I shall wear diamonds And a wide-brimmed straw hat With silver and leather on it &#8230; 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