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Open Poetry #49

A 'Fare' To Remember

Bluesy Socrateaser
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since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

0 posted 2016-09-25 11:45 PM

"No news is good news!"
all the townsfolk would say
While on the other side of chew'n
it was another way

"Don't take that *Leland Lee" boy!
she's bound to run aground!"
But I packed my bags up anyway
couldn't wait to leave that town

There were secrets they'd been keep'n,
an' know'n me as one to talk
I'd heard em' all a-whisper'n
from the time that I could walk

The river there flowed swiftly,
an' kept us full of fish
I guess Miss Molly drowned there
some say that was her wish

Though no one ever found her
no one seemed to care
Now I'm sailin' up to Joplin
Miss Mollys' paid my fare

...just bein' Bluesy

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2016-09-26 09:03 AM

"There were secrets they'd been keep'n,"

You bet, and I ran away from those "secrets" as fast as I could run. Do I relate?Damn straight.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

2 posted 2016-09-26 02:48 PM

Thanks for your comment Jerry. Anyone who can still say "Damn Straight" has been around awhile. While not an accurate representation of my youth, it is reminiscent of it in enough ways to have written it in story form. Times were tough, yet romantic in their way and yes, there were "secrets" that were eventually discovered, but by that time all the 'zipped lips' had died. You can't keep many today, not for a lifetime anyway.

Thanks again.

BTS

...just bein' Bluesy

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2016-09-27 01:27 AM

Very interesting, Bluesy. One if those little mysteries that kind of sticks in your head.

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

4 posted 2016-09-27 04:00 PM

Thanks for your visit Ida and for seeing the 'mystery' in it.

BTS

...just bein' Bluesy

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