{"id":18657,"date":"2022-09-21T00:49:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T00:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=18657"},"modified":"2022-09-20T19:50:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T19:50:39","slug":"gasoline-and-vices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/21\/gasoline-and-vices\/","title":{"rendered":"Gasoline And Vices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryce Angell – The outdoors has always been a large part of my life. My father was an outfitter and guide for 35 years and I was there to shoe and care for the horses and help him do the cooking. We took many great trips into the Yellowstone area. Even now that I\u2019m older, we still ride into the Tetons, Yellowstone and surrounding areas. My poems are mostly of personal experience. I am now retired and enjoying life to the fullest. I plan to do more riding and writing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I guess I should be thankful for the gasoline high prices. \u2018Cuz now I don\u2019t have money left to pamper all my vices.<\/p>\n

While filling up my Chevy truck, to feed its appetite, the pump kept on a\u2019pumping like there was no end in sight.<\/p>\n

The final numbers added up, one hundred forty-three. I\u2019m feeling for the oil baron. How does he make ends meet?<\/p>\n

Then, I walked into the Elk Creek Store, to buy a lottery. The kind you scratch, but seldom win. Just one more vice for me.<\/p>\n

But my wallet fell a little short. My cash was in the tank. I offered up a few choice words, to some a little rank.<\/p>\n

All my check went in the truck to buy a tank of fuel. About right then I guess I\u2019d never felt more like a fool.<\/p>\n

But then I recollected, I had stuffed away some cash. A hundred in the jockey box, my secret gambling stash.<\/p>\n

I fumbled through the glove box, but no money to my eyes. Just a stack of bills, some bottle caps, and two well-preserved French fries.<\/p>\n

Oh yes, my Massey tractor needed fuel and diesel sure ain\u2019t cheap. I thought I borrowed fifty, but I must have took the heap.<\/p>\n

The pump said eighty dollars, when filling my wife\u2019s car. I didn\u2019t have enough cash left to buy my maple bar.<\/p>\n

Is a maple bar a vice? I guess it tends to make you fat. So, the price of gasoline has tossed my vices to the hat.<\/p>\n

Got no money left for gambling. Not a single dime for drink. I don\u2019t drink anyway but if I did that sure would stink.<\/p>\n

I tell you something\u2019s gotta give, while filling at the pump. \u2018Cuz when I\u2019m done, I always feel a bite out of my rump.<\/p>\n

Are there any vices out there that don\u2019t cost an arm of cash? I doubt they\u2019d be a worthy vice, just trumped-up balderdash.<\/p>\n

But one thing is for certain, \u2018bout these gasoline high rates. They\u2019ve rounded up my vices. Who knows, I might see the Pearly Gates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I guess I should be thankful for the gasoline high prices. \u2018Cuz now I don\u2019t have money left to pamper all my vices. While filling up my Chevy truck, to feed its appetite, the pump kept on a\u2019pumping like there was no end in sight. The final numbers added up, one hundred forty-three. I\u2019m feeling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cowboy-poetry","7":"category-commentary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18658,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18657\/revisions\/18658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}