Cancer 006 (Roosters and Railroad Spikes)

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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2020-09-18 11:43 AM

Cancer 006
(Roosters and Railroad Spikes)

Today was Railroad Spike day,
again - you know,
that double-shot-at-the-same-time
that I get every month now -
and I almost missed it
because my cell-phone alarm
didn't go off.

Damn!

I have this rooster that crows,
and he should have done so
at five a.m. (yeah, this morning),

and he didn't do it.

I was torqued
because when I woke up
I only had twenty minutes
to S, S and S,
and you can scratch the last S,
because I've had a beard
for at least the last 30 years.

Well, I turned that fowl thing off,
totally, and he better not crow
in the morning
because I will damn well
pluck him, before I cut his head off.

I mean, I was half asleep,
smelled of under-arms,
hadn't had any coffee,
and still they stabbed my butt-cheeks
with those railroad irons,

I don't know,
I may just pluck that little S.O.B
anyway!

© wesley james beard, jr.
September 18, 2020

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

1 posted 2020-09-18 04:34 PM

James...Loved your little rooster story.
I hope the shots went as well as could be expected...Paul

If the rooster don't crow
there is only one thing I have to say
That damn rooster is gotta go

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

2 posted 2020-09-18 08:17 PM

J., You've got quite the Perseverance,
& sense of humor, Admire that.

Sky~

~ Cherish Everything ~

Temptress

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

3 posted 2020-09-19 07:37 AM

Someone else may have gotten to the rooster before you could.

There is one around the neighborhood here in the middle of town. Wanna go on a hunt? I don't shy away from needles, but you make me shudder to think of this one. Enjoyed the description of the all too familiar scenario of waking up late.

"How much is real? So much to question
An epidemic of the mannequins
Contaminating everything"

Stone Sour

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

4 posted 2020-09-20 08:44 PM

well, I've never been partial to roosters, they kind of annoy me truly but I am cringing for your poor bird right now.

I have had a life full of days like this, but I dare say you schedule would be a little more important to maintain I know.

I hope things have been a little easier for you my friend, and I hope your rooster still thinks himself capable of flight, even if he never truly was.

Michael

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