Never Eat Oranges

Did you ever notice when a ride gets long
or a hunt begins to drag,
how your guide will pull an apple or orange
from his old saddle bag.

He'll unfold his Buck, then carve 'er up
in four quarters neat and nice,
with hand outstretched, eyeball the dudes,
and insist they take a slice.

The greenhorns to this adventurous gang act
with zest to his tempting morsel,
slam'er down the hatch with a toast to health
on its way to their twisting torso.

But, the old hands keep their distance like
an old mule you might try to halter.
Regardless sweet juicy tempt and chides,
in negative response the never falter.

"No" they say, "I've got my own," or the Doc
says it gives 'em a sporadic liver.
Its not that they don't partake of fruit.
It's the guides knife that makes 'em quiver.

Just watch this salty mountain gent as he
goes about his back country duties,
and heed the ways he wields that knife.
You'll find he has some beauties!

He'll pick up a horse's gimpy foot, and
commence to clean out all the crud.
Your nose says bet that scraped out
stuff (sniff) surely ain't all mud.
continued

John Nelson
The Gunnison Country Guide Service
P.O. Box 1443
Gunnison, CO 81230
(970)641-2830

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