Jeb Cassidy

A humorous rant.

My pet gunfighter,

Is taking over my life,

Taking up time,

I should be spending with my wife.

He has sent so many men,

To meet their maker,

I'm beginning to think,

He works for the undertaker!

He's gonna depopulate,

The United States.

Canada too,

If he gets some mates!

How many books will it take,

For him to clean up the world,

So there are no bad guys left,

But lots of pretty girls?

I don't know,

But I'll enjoy the ride.

I'm just glad,

That he's on my side.

Or is he?

I hope my wife doesn't run off with him!

© 2017 The Iron Horseman

Author's Note

Alright, let's begin with a confession: this story violates my own personal rule about not writing anything self-referencing. Just thought I would get that out of the way before somebody else pointed it out. :)

If you write stories you have probably had the experience of some characters assuming a life of their own in your head. In my case it is Jeb Cassidy, the young gunfighter who starred in my novelette Intervention. I am currently working on a full length novel featuring him and he won't leave me alone! He keeps yammering in my ear day and night about what he wants to happen next, keeping me up at nights and zoning me out during the day.

This poem came to me fully formed at about three in the morning of yet another sleepless night in which he just wouldn't shut up. I decided to publish it as a playful swipe back at him in the interest of preserving what little is left of my sanity!

Forgive me, and I hope it makes you smile!

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A interesting tale in the poem. Poetic License helped me with this one. Those video games do steal our time. Thank you for sharing the fun poetry to read.
Coyote

[The Iron Horseman]

Thanks, Coyote. If you are referring to Poetic License's comment about video games, I am afraid you have been misled. She and I were just kidding around. The real explanation is in the Author's Note above - Jeb Cassidy was a character in my first novelette.

[Coyote Poetry]

Okay. Misinformed again. I did like the poem.

[Poetic License]

Although....honestly, I really thought you referring to your avatar on a video game...... just saying. But hey, you can go with fictional character.... your secret's safe with me..... ;-)

[The Iron Horseman]

lol! How did you know I play video games? :)

[Poetic License]

I never give up my sources!

[Poetic License]

Smile and guffaw. I have sooooo experienced this over and over and over. I have gone so far as to offer to switch places with characters who seem to have a much firmer grip on reality than I do at the time. Well done. I get you!

[The Iron Horseman]

Yes, it's funny how we can create these characters who are so much saner than we are, isn't it?
read moreYes, it's funny how we can create these characters who are so much saner than we are, isn't it?

[BBP]

Love the western swagger of this and agree with your author notes a hundred percent! Sometimes they just pop up in your head and set up a tent and a campfire and demand to be their own person! lol

[The Iron Horseman]

lol! That is a very apt description of the situation!

[BBP]

LOL! They are persistent little b******s! :)

[The Iron Horseman]

I'm about a quarter of the way through the new novel at this point. The little bugger will probably have driven me completely nuts by the time it is finished! :D

[BBP]

I hear ya.. my characters in my novel wake me up in the middle of the night to pour them whiskey! Lol

I'll have to check out your novel seems like it'd be my style of reading based on your works

[The Iron Horseman]

Funny how it's you that ends up drinking it, though, isn't it?
Intervention is available on Amazon and Kindle.

[BBP]

Hahahhaha an intervention would be hindering at this point

[Laura Lynn Close]

very interesting, I'm not sure who the pet gunfighter is, is it referring to the president, could be but very interesting phraseology, full of food for thought!

[The Iron Horseman]

See the Author's Note above. Nothing so deep, I'm afraid! :)

[Laura Lynn Close]

oh, that is Jeb Cassidy

[The Iron Horseman]

yep, that's the boy! :)