... John Law
sitting in a wide spot, on a curve
eager and ambitious,
scared way down deep inside--
Okie and the Carrol boys
sucking gas,
to get the cars to go,
and
Okie’s kind of slow,
but sly
goes to Clarksburg for welfare,
or the doctor
sometimes cause of the liquor store.
the boys are making babies on the hill,
watching satellite tv, and installing stereos
in rolling junk,
I suppose,
rolling in and out,
you wouldn’t notice the dirt,
just cruising down the road
in your RV towards New Martinsville
and the Ohio,
on your way to america. (sigh)
John Law
sitting in the wide spot, on a curve
eager and ambitious,
scared way down deep inside.
I’ll have to take the long way round.
Through Wallace,
And over the rutted road
Towards town.
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Written July 30th, 2003
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okies. this happens to be one of my favorites...really captures a vision. and the design is friggin great wth the red white and blue. it's a mini-movie set. yeah i just read it again..its really good.
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Loved this piece. And loved FeyFooFaraw's comment on it too. Write some more about good ole red neck boys.
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Don't you love a Good ole Red Neck Boy...do they drive Crown Vics in your parts? Sure can git down the road a piece....slick as a soap maker's ass...the long arm of the Law
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I really enjoyed that. The way you described things, the tempo and phrasing. It made me smile, it made me read it again (and I think I might read it again)...
"on your way to america. (sigh)"
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