Rancher Wallace McRae is known throughout the West as an activist for agricultural concerns. Though just written in 1980, this poem called Reincarnation is already considered to be a classic.

"What does reincarnation mean?"
A cowpoke asked his friend.
His pal replied, "It happens when
yer life has reached its end.

They comb yer hair, and warsh yer neck,
And clean yer fingernails,
And lay you in a padded box
Away from life's travails.

"The box and you goes in a hole,
That's been dug into the ground.
Reincarnation starts in when
Yore p…