giddy up

while
smoking an electronic
cigarette,
blowing blue
vapors into
the sky and
riding a plastic
horse
on the carousel
you tip
your hat to a lady
walking by
and say,
howdy ma'am.
you ain't from
around here,
are you?
you slap your
palomino steed
hard on the side,
almost
hurting your hand,
and say
giddy up.
about thirty
seconds later,
you come back
around and smile
as the same
woman takes
your picture
with her phone
and winks at you.
you should have been
a cowboy
a long time ago.