100 Words – Today’s theme is the word “cowboy.”  My entry:

“So!” I said, excited, clapping my hands together.  “A real ranch!  And you, a real cowboy!”  I laughed.  “Yippee-ki-yay and Lonesome Prairie and harmonicas and Marlboros and all that, ha!”

The man turned to me, every inch a stereotype of weathered skin and boots and hat and denim.  He looked me over.  “Mostly not enough sleep an’ too much sweat an’ blisters an’ sunburn an’ rain an’ snow an’ pretty piss-all for insurance or a pension, ‘an’ all that,'” he commented.

“Um — oh.”

He turned his back, facing the glowing orange horizon.  “Sunsets are damned fine, though.  Makes up for bit of it.”