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The old-time cowboys were always shown with bandanas. These bright pieces of fabric that they wore around their necks, sometimes we'd call them wild rags. Turns out those bandanas had a lot of different uses. Now in the coronavirus era, we find they might even have some uses today. This poem is called, Multi-Tool.
In the days of the Old West if you would look and check,
you'd find a cowboy would wear a bandana around his neck.
It was sometimes called a wild rag for bright color that it brings.
It was a big piece of fabric, the cowboy used for many things.
It was used to mop your forehead when the temperature was hot,
or tie up a bandage from an injury you got.
It could filter out your water when you drank it from a tank,
or cover up the bad guys face if he went to rob a bank.
It might repair your saddle when somehow you're rig and bust,
or it might protect your breathing when you're riding through the dust.
It could serve as a towel when you went to wash your face,
or to blindfold wild horse if that needs to be the case.
If you have a busted arm it could be a handy sling,
or in a pinch roping calves, it could be a pig and string.
You could wrap it on your head when the temperature was cold
or grab a skillet or a branding iron that was too hot to hold.
So it seems that old bandana could do anything you ask,
but who'd have guessed that someday it would be a COVID mask.
Happy trails.
Cowboy Poetry
Join your favorite "Poet Lariat" the best cowboy poetry comes from real life, and Ron Wilson has been there.