Array ( [sid] => 185183 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => String Along [time] => 2018-06-08 22:06:12 [hometext] => Tale of a Western Con Man [bodytext] => This cowpoke promised you the world, and you’d believe his sell.
They simply called him String Along because he did it well.
Everything that he possessed had been negotiated;
Although he never paid them off; they believed and waited.

You will receive if you believe, he said, have faith and trust! Leaving them with empty hands; And pockets full of dust.
He never stayed one place too long; Counting on their doubts.He simply vanished overnight; Before his scheme was figured out

He chanced to meet a charming lass; He couldn’t bear to leave! She doubted that he loved her; though it was clear to see!
Trying to convince her, his leaving was delayed; The ones he owed caught up with him and hung him straight away!!

A graveyard is the only place where String Along will stay. His headstone begs the question and has the final say:

Here swings old String from lingering; too smart for us he thought.
Twas taught what ought, when he was caught; Too clever, was he knot?


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String Along
Date: Friday, 8th June 2018 @ 10:06:12 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: softerware
This cowpoke promised you the world, and you’d believe his sell.
They simply called him String Along because he did it well.
Everything that he possessed had been negotiated;
Although he never paid them off; they believed and waited.

You will receive if you believe, he said, have faith and trust! Leaving them with empty hands; And pockets full of dust.
He never stayed one place too long; Counting on their doubts.He simply vanished overnight; Before his scheme was figured out

He chanced to meet a charming lass; He couldn’t bear to leave! She doubted that he loved her; though it was clear to see!
Trying to convince her, his leaving was delayed; The ones he owed caught up with him and hung him straight away!!

A graveyard is the only place where String Along will stay. His headstone begs the question and has the final say:

Here swings old String from lingering; too smart for us he thought.
Twas taught what ought, when he was caught; Too clever, was he knot?




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