Most of the time the humor of western poetry is obvious in its
content. Occasionally the poet takes you for a ride down a grim
and foreboding path where the irony of the tale reveals the
cowboy's humor. "Condemnation Night" is that very kind of ride.
I have always been fascinated by punchy sarcasms and catchy
rhymes. As a cowboy poet I try to capture the "blue collar" life of
the everyday pokes that suffered the indignities of the wild west
as if I were in their midst in full costume. Cowboy Mac
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