Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Holly

 Holly the hammer 

Meets Steve the arm

They have a son named Stuart Arm and Hammer 


Holly the hammer 

Meets Phill the Mill 

They have a son named John hammer mill

Mascots

 The tigers will pounce 

The bears will claw 

The wildcats will rear you limb from limb

The chiefs will roar 

The royals will club you with their scepters 

Come on Missouri's waiting and ready

MY child

 MY child 

I would walk 1/2 a mile or more

To the public library 

Stopping at the gas station for an egg roll, hot wings, or pizza 

Sure it was gas station food but it was enough to give you a break 

Grab a soda and move on

Check my mail 

Head to the library 


Speaking of gas station 

When we lived in Virginia 7+11 was everywhere and as a kid everything 

Slurpees

Candy of all kinds 

Snacks

You name it 7-11 seemed to have it


Found out we could sweep the parking lot of the local Dominoes for a free personal sized pizza 

Mo wandered why we were never hungry as kids 

That and 

The Blackberry vines that stretched for miles

The Blackberries never seemed to end

So it deemed to us kids


Pizza at Domino's 

Grab a soda at the auto parts store 

You had a meal fit for a king

At least us kids thought so

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

My child

 My child

We used to throw calves to the ground 

Castrate them

Tag them

Give them shots


We took a few hard knocks 

While they bucked, spat, and kicked like Hell

Then there was the mother of the calf, and boy was she pissed 

That is way one or two of us would keep an eye on her

We got our ass kicked there as well if you didn't watch our

My child

 My child 

Big round heavy hat bails

Thank goodness the barn set on top of a steep hill 

Made it a lot easier to roll them out

Just unwrap it and let it go


God help us if we had to take it anywhere else.  Yes there were other hills but there was also a lot of flat ground 

You had to push the bail yourself and hoped the hay truck was working 

Or you had a long tiring trek to make


Then there were times we had to push from the start

Push the bail

Twist the  bail

Shove the bail

From time to time we even used the posthole driver to get some leverage 


And if it was snowing or raining 

Good luck

Wet ground and hay don't mix

Slipping and sliding while we got the hay out

Drunk

 Peanuts and beer 

Help

Charle Brown is drunk again

Buns

 Bloom 

Burn the broom 

Light it on fire 

Watch it glow


You stole

My heart when I was alone

Thank you 

Now

Ride that broom

Ride for all it's worth 

Didn't we burn the broom 

Shit


Light my fire 

Turn me on babe

Bake my buns

To hot

To hot

I said bake my buns 

Don't burn them

Holly

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