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Bogey Man
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Bogey Man |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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Well, it is getting close to Halloween . . . the bogey man can seize the night he owns the swamp but I have fortitude and in my hand the gris-gris* made from a shard of the last man hung in Lafourche Parish for stealing a goat a rooster's head fingernail clippings from one disgraced society lady from New Orleans there are other odds and ends which make up the gris-gris the less said about those the better ahead of me stretching across the canal a trestle where an ill-fated train hauling sugar cane went off the tracks plunging into the black water below been setting on the bottom of that canal nearly a hundred years the goading taunt when I was growing up dive to the bottom of the canal bring something up from the train didn't matter what my brother brought up a rib bone skeleton he kept it all these years brother died last week bogey-man put a hex on him I added a piece of his ankle to the gris-gris ©August 31, 2012 / Jerry Pat Bolton *gris-gris: a voodoo amulet originating in Africa which is believed to protect the wearer from evil ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Very sorry about your brother (if truth?) but loved this, know the stories well...couldn't help but laugh in the end though... Good write.. j. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Hah! Naw, J, my brother (all three of them) have barely made it out of the state of Arkansas, except Steve when he bought a rig and flatbed to get rich over the Interstate system of America. Five years later he filed for bankruptcy. Thanks for stopping by, man. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (09-27-2012 04:46 PM).] |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Love your Bayou seasoning to your stories... Your "Gumbo" makes for a great read. Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you, Lori. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Startime1955 Senior Member
since 2012-04-22
Posts 1072Alberta, Canada |
Okay...I admit that I was just a little afraid to read this, knowing how good you are at writing dark...but I couldn't resist and have to admit to liking the vision very much...*BIG HUGS* *may our dreams ever be magical* |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Great! You are learning to live on the wild side every so often, Karen, good for you and I am happy to know that you enjoyed some south Louisiana folklore. Thank you. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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