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I kinda wanted to share this poem with you folks....
THE LAST NAIL by Don Kennington 1998
There's pain a throbbing in my back.
Sometimes my knees are stiff and sore.
Guess I'd better see the doctor
Don't get around good any more.
But, I know just what he's going to say,
"You've got to quit that shoeing Don.
I know it's something you enjoy
But you've been doing it too long."
But he just doesn't understand
that it's the center of my life.
I love it more than anything
Except the kids and my dear wife.
'Cause when I'm under that ol'hoss,
I'm just as good as any one.
Those folks think that I'm important
We laugh and joke a-having fun.
I've been out there shoeing horses
And making friends o'er thirty years.
and when Doc says, I ought to quit
I start a fighting back the tears.
"Cause I love a shoeing horses.
Yeah, I suppose that sounds kind of dumb
but then I feel good inside
that's when I really am someone.
My shoeing friends don't laugh at me
And they don't call me stupid names.
They treat me like I'm one of them.
They act like we're all just the same.
And when I see them somewhere else
They usually honk and wave at me.
And so I grin and wave them back
Then I feel good inside you see?
We're supposed to tend God's creatures.
But some folks get a little rough.
That's when some of God's creatures
Live a life that's pretty tough.
Like when you walk up to a pony
And he's a-shaking like a leaf.
You whisper and you scratch him,
Ain't hard to tell he's had some grief.
And you keep scratching and a-whispering
'Cause you're trying to be a friend
And that pony starts to relax
And he starts to comprehend.
Finally that pony licks his lips
and you can feel him settle down.
Then you won't have any trouble
Working his feet up off the ground.
And when that pony walks away
His legs are swinging straight and true.
And it really is amazing
At what a little love can do.
Oh, it hasn't been all roses,
But for the most part it's been fun.
I've met a lot of real, nice folks
And come to love near everyone.
Yeah, I've been kicked and knocked around
By horses been abused a lot.
That's when you've gotta keep yer cool,
Use all the patience that you've got.
So let me drive just one more nail
And snug that shoe down good and tight.
My back is hurtin some
But I've just got to do it right.
"There now. That's a little better.
That pony's ready for the trail
But I won't be coming back
'Cause I've just driven my last nail."
THE LAST NAIL by Don Kennington 1998
There's pain a throbbing in my back.
Sometimes my knees are stiff and sore.
Guess I'd better see the doctor
Don't get around good any more.
But, I know just what he's going to say,
"You've got to quit that shoeing Don.
I know it's something you enjoy
But you've been doing it too long."
But he just doesn't understand
that it's the center of my life.
I love it more than anything
Except the kids and my dear wife.
'Cause when I'm under that ol'hoss,
I'm just as good as any one.
Those folks think that I'm important
We laugh and joke a-having fun.
I've been out there shoeing horses
And making friends o'er thirty years.
and when Doc says, I ought to quit
I start a fighting back the tears.
"Cause I love a shoeing horses.
Yeah, I suppose that sounds kind of dumb
but then I feel good inside
that's when I really am someone.
My shoeing friends don't laugh at me
And they don't call me stupid names.
They treat me like I'm one of them.
They act like we're all just the same.
And when I see them somewhere else
They usually honk and wave at me.
And so I grin and wave them back
Then I feel good inside you see?
We're supposed to tend God's creatures.
But some folks get a little rough.
That's when some of God's creatures
Live a life that's pretty tough.
Like when you walk up to a pony
And he's a-shaking like a leaf.
You whisper and you scratch him,
Ain't hard to tell he's had some grief.
And you keep scratching and a-whispering
'Cause you're trying to be a friend
And that pony starts to relax
And he starts to comprehend.
Finally that pony licks his lips
and you can feel him settle down.
Then you won't have any trouble
Working his feet up off the ground.
And when that pony walks away
His legs are swinging straight and true.
And it really is amazing
At what a little love can do.
Oh, it hasn't been all roses,
But for the most part it's been fun.
I've met a lot of real, nice folks
And come to love near everyone.
Yeah, I've been kicked and knocked around
By horses been abused a lot.
That's when you've gotta keep yer cool,
Use all the patience that you've got.
So let me drive just one more nail
And snug that shoe down good and tight.
My back is hurtin some
But I've just got to do it right.
"There now. That's a little better.
That pony's ready for the trail
But I won't be coming back
'Cause I've just driven my last nail."
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