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Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

0 posted 2002-03-07 10:06 AM

I finished hooking up the stock trailer
And walked back to the house and cup for the road
As Iambe was jacking up Bill’s Ford to fix the broken spring

I felt more than heard the jack slip
But the creak and thud were audible.

I ran to the garage and found her lying there
Cursing me, god, Fords, Bill, cheap jacks, and herself.
She’d managed to avoid serious injury
But had a cut on one arm and bruises already turning ugly
In an angry purple yellow way.

I asked if she wanted to go to the doctor
But all I got for an answer was something about my mother
And how she should have practiced a better method of birth control.

So ripping a bandage from my shirt I wrapped the bleeding part,
Helped her to her feet and into the house,
Leaving Bill’s Ford sitting at odd angles on three wheels and a hub
That reminded me of an old dog trying to scratch it’s ear.

Later as I decided she was indeed going to survive
And that my ears as well as family heritage could stand no more
Of her acidic attention, I headed for the trailer with that go cup
Figuring I might as well take that load of cattle
When she yelled out the door at me to pick up another jack in town
And this time she said,
Make *!#$!@*&#^#%@$!&!&!* sure it is a !*&^@%#$$@&*@(@!!!! Good one!

What Iambe lacked in vocabulary she made up for in emphasis

Much later that night
She moaned in her sleep
And I cried.

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

1 posted 2002-03-07 10:10 AM

Oh my gosh...I felt this one...his pain for her is incredible....I held my breath at the beginning...so afraid something really bad was going to happen to her....She is a living person to me, in my mind now...Stunning writing...Thank you, so much, for sharing them with me...**big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

2 posted 2002-03-07 10:15 AM

What Iambe lacked in vocabulary she made up for in emphasis

Much later that night
She moaned in her sleep
And I cried.

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With the impact of that last verse still going thru me...I will just say Iambe is not the only one who knows the art of emphasis.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2002-03-07 01:40 PM

The teller of the story continues to tell it well...

and

you got a chuckle from me...heritage, I guess...

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

4 posted 2002-03-07 01:45 PM

You continue to amaze me my friend!

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2002-03-07 03:32 PM

...My how I love these lambe stories....

~Sometimes all you really wish for...
is someone to wish for you.~

Duncan
Member Ascendant

since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

6 posted 2002-03-07 04:22 PM

The things we'll put up with from a woman who looks good in overalls! lol So enjoy this series, Ron

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

7 posted 2002-03-09 05:06 PM

Hmmm...sounds like the same scenario when my computer crashed. heh heh...

miss you much! smooches...

(and I've been waiting for an iambe poem too, pout)

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

8 posted 2002-09-26 02:15 PM

And the truck,
still tries
to scratch its ear,

as two fleas sleep
in different blood.

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