Cowboy
Poems I will try to put a new Poem in every month
This is from my fourth book "The oil patch"
THE
SERVICE RIG*
Ya!
It takes five good men and a Super too,
To
run a service rig and follow it through.
To
service a well and to get her to flow,
while keepin’ her steady and not let her blow.
They
are workin’ hard in the sleet snow and
rain,
Just
doin’ their job, and they’ll never complain.
They’re
freezing their butts, or in sweltering heat
As
they trip in and out, and then they’ll
repeat.
They’re
all doin’ fine until they hit a catch,
It
may be a hydrate or something to latch.
They’re
tearin’ their hair, just for somethin’ to keep
At
figurin’ what’s there ten thousand feet
deep.
It’s
all in the scope of a given day’s work,
It”s
somethin’ no driller or roughneck will
shirk.
Or
Derrick men working way up in the air
a
grabbin’ and twistin’, just doing their share.
They’re
tough, and they’re rugged and live a fast
life
Not
meant for family and tough on a wife.
They
all get along, this family of five,
Lookin’ after each other just stayin’ alive.
*
