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The Trucker and the Woman
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The Trucker and the Woman |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America 
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Big rig driver made a stop that cold night, To top off with diesel and eat a bite, Headed to El Paso with a full load, On a south Texas dreary mountain road. She stood to the side of the cafe's door, Averted his eyes, thought her out to score. After his meal, he drank a cup of joe, Finished the coffee and paid what he owed. She was still there, bent against the cold wind, Please, Mister, she said, I just need a friend. He did a double take; she was with child, A desperate soul as she tried hard to smile. He loaded her up inside his warm cab, She said, Thank you, and her stomach she grabbed. He went back inside for something to eat, She gobbled it up and said aren't you sweet. Now that she was there, what was he to do? He timidly asked her when are you due? She said there was no family or friends, No one in the world for her to depend. In the mountain range of Guadalupe, Her labor began, she asked him to pray. He pulled off the road and shut the rig down, It was much too far to get to a town. The baby was coming, it would not wait, She in the sleeper awaiting her fate, He tried to help, but it was just his luck, They were both stuck out there in his old truck. The blood soaked everything, even her screams, There was no water, not even a stream. The baby came and mother died on cue, How he got through it all he never knew. He held the squealing, bloody baby girl, And something inside him started to swirl. The babe started out, the odds against her, The blood-spattered child was only a cur. In El Paso he made all the right stops, Hospital for child, and they called the cops. Mother buried in potter's field so sad, He claimed the child, saying he was her dad. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
nice to see you again |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thank you passing shadow. Good seeing you too. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
nicely told story... enjoyed your telling |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thank you, Cpat Hair, glad you liked it. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
A very sad tale; makes me wonder how you came about to writing it... and the wondering is always a good thing. And quite possibly, just the right tone for this day. Thank you! |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Sunshine, thank you. I was talking to a trucker a few years ago and he told me about the time his wife, who also helped him drive the big rig, came in labor out in the middle of nowhere and he had to deliver the baby. I've thought about that story off and on for all these years (about seven) and finally, when the time was right, the poem was born. Now I'm thinking about using it to begin a novel about the trucker and the baby he delivered. Thank you for your interest. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing...James |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thank you James, I appreciate your take on the poem. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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Eusta B. Mae Senior Member
since 2010-05-03
Posts 903 |
Good stuff! Enjoyed. ebm |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
I am happy that you found the story of the trucker and the woman to your liking, ebm. Thank you. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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Earl Brinkman Senior Member
since 2010-03-03
Posts 1183Osaka, Japan |
An interesting tale to say the least. Sad but interesting. |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thank you Earl. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Sad Jerry, but very possible and heart rending all the same. I enjoyed the read very much. Good stuff inside the trucker. Eric |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Appreciate the kind words on the poem, Eric, and you are right, it is very possible. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
There you goes Jerry Pat, that's the spirt. I was a kid like that--looking for a daddy. Bobby |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I think it would make a very interesting novel. M |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thank you Robert and M. |
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Angel4aKing Senior Member
since 2006-09-27
Posts 1372USA |
I really liked this...captured my attention that is for sure....and I could almost put a tune to it... ~~~kingsangel~~~ |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
I've had a few people say it could be made into a song. If those old trucker songs were still being recorded it might work there, modified of course. Thank you, Angel4aKing. Thank you for you kind words. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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