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Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

0 posted 2003-01-28 02:38 PM

Come January
Bell’s Ford freezes
Making the crossing
A gamble of cracking drop of doused
Or sliding slam into the short stone cut

It’s not used much any more
And even less in the winter
So if you get in trouble
You’d better be planning on
getting yourself out.

I don’t normally go through that way
But caught myself on the wrong side of Clancy
When the storm hit and that Semi closed Route 48
by jackknifing, sending several tons of corn
Skidding in piles from ditch to ditch.

I cut across on F picked up Sherman Road
Then over to Bell’s.
Easy enough in summer time and not bad come winter
Except in January when the ford freezes.

I saw her on top of the truck before I got to the water.
She was sitting huddled best she could against the wind
Not wanting to brave the water and ice.
Waiting I guess, but not much likely to come along
though she probably would have frozen one way or the other
If that Semi hadn’t planted half of Iowa on the highway.

I eased up to the edge of the water and saw the ice
Had refused to hold her and the old Chevy she drove
So the Truck now sat nose down in 5 ft or so of water
Blocking anyone else crossing and guarantying her a bath
A very cold bath

I stopped, chatted with her a bit, and asked if she was ready to get wet.
She cursed me a bit, but didn’t see any options herself
So we agreed with some degree of certainty
That it was not funny

I suggested she strip off her clothes, hold them over her head
And walk to the truck where she could redress in the heat
And at least her clothes would be dry and she might not
Turn out looking as blue as Babe after a Michigan winter.

I have to tell you
She was a looker
And while I hated to see her shiver
It was the highlight of my trip
Seeing her walk across to the truck wearing only her shoes

I never did tell her I could have backed out to her
Let her step into the bed of my truck
And driven her back

She never did tell me
Her name

zenny
Member

since 2002-11-24

Posts 371
Belgium

1 posted 2003-01-28 02:41 PM

Very nice write cpat, enjoyed reading

Hugs, kelly

The greatest thing u'll ever learn
is just to love
and be loved
in return

*hugs* Kelly.

Lady In White

Member Elite

since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

2 posted 2003-01-28 02:42 PM

...If that Semi hadn’t planted half of Iowa on the highway. ...

You are a cad, Sir...

and not very good at collecting names...

[This message has been edited by Lady In White (01-28-2003 02:44 PM).]

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2003-01-28 02:52 PM

..as blue as Paul Bunyan's blue ox Babe...

You didn't even tell her you could back it out?
You didn't even know her name!
*I have shivers....the good kind.*

Love this...more please?

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me~

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

4 posted 2003-01-28 03:12 PM

Zenny... thank you, glad you enjoyed.

Lady... I see you waited for me to insert the noun...then decided to choose on of your own...

nancy... just being ornery... Toe made me do it..I swear it was his idea not to tell her..

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

5 posted 2003-01-28 08:47 PM

At least this way, you got more than a "thank you"!! And she learned to read the ice better...does the truck have a good heater??

believe in what your heart feels...

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

6 posted 2003-01-28 09:07 PM

Ron....Tsk, tsk and a smile at you for thinking of this. Enjoyed!

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

7 posted 2003-01-28 09:09 PM

Oh..forgot to tell you that at first I thought Bell was a person, and the ford was her car...LOL.

Tari Miriel
Member

since 2003-01-28

Posts 69
The state of mind

8 posted 2003-01-28 10:04 PM

Just her luck...or maybe yours, eh?

seven_conscious
Junior Member

since 2003-01-27

Posts 33

9 posted 2003-01-28 10:29 PM

"So we agreed with some degree of certainty
That it was not funny"

great line : )

truly enjoyed the story : )

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

10 posted 2003-01-29 12:27 PM

You never told her you could have backed out, what a guy!!

Too bad you didn't get her name but it serves you right, I'll bet it was worth the lookee though.

Time will tell if she will come to your rescue when you start to sink!!!

Clever write Capt!!

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

11 posted 2003-01-29 04:02 AM

I always enjoy your stories...

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

12 posted 2003-01-29 08:41 AM

Thanks all for the replies.... I started this piece intending to make it something totally different... unfortunately it took on a thought of its own and turned into this..( laughing) Hope it amused you at least a bit....

thanks again!

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

13 posted 2003-01-29 10:32 AM

Capt. Ron, are you going to continue this one...
and was she a redhead, too???HeeHee

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

14 posted 2003-01-30 10:29 AM

I'll admit the title drew me in... Bell Branch runs along my Dad's property and a certain sailor is fond of calling me Belle... so how could I not peek? *S*

But what a treat you had waiting for me! *S* The story is so delightful I'd be copying your entire poem if I tried to repeat all my favorite lines. *S*

ROFLMAO @ Toe made you do it... but those eyelashes you're batting so innocently don't quite conceal the devil dancing in your eyes. LOL

I love this!!!

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

15 posted 2003-01-30 05:19 PM

Indiana, eh?

Nice down home feel to it, Ron!

Corinne

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

16 posted 2003-01-31 03:59 PM

(sigh) Oh my gosh, this have me goosebumps reading this, it has been so unseasonably warm here so far this winter but this sent a chill up my spine, I love it, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ron, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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