Lawrence
Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love
Third Cowboy from
the Left
An Aging Actor’s One Regret
Julius Caesar was left on the cutting room floor
Lucky Ned Pepper was shot off his horse
Hamlet talked too much – oh, what a bore!
Doctor Watson got in the way, of course
But as an unnamed messenger I was the best:
I spotted the approach of Birnham Wood
And the charging enemy in Beau Geste
I played lesser parts, and I was good
But, oh! If only (better than High Noon)
I could have been
A cowboy at the bar in the Long Branch Saloon
