2007-06-23

In the Pit
Twas the night before hangovers
And all through the pit
Those gathered were drinking
No one knew when to quit
.....
The Eagle was drinking his rum
As Pooba, he was atop his own throne
And as for the rest of us
He left not one of us alone.
.....
The brunt of some joke
Victim of some gag
What's his latest gimmick
What's he got in that bag.
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The Charmin had blessed us
The whole derned crowd
Nieghbors dialed up 911
We were getting a bit loud
.....
The clans were assembled
Wolf, Bear, Buff and Moose
And my Gawd, the dawgs
Who the hell turned em all loose.
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Trailers were circled
As wagons in days gone past
It rained the first two days
And the skies are still overcast
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John in the cook tent
Taylor in her char
The fire is blazing
Look Out! The blue tarp is on fare!
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Heidi pourin out coffee
Eric sluggin his beer
Stan dishin out one liners
And Arnie-the fear.
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Our relation is coming
For to join the Hole in the Wall fun
Blue Duck may be with em!
Everyone git yer gun!
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Blue Peep got to Shana
She singed her bird digit
Sure mustiv smarted
It's still makin me fidget
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Taylor is wound up
She jist won't quit her talkin
That's Ok, in the next few weeks
She'd prove to be walkin
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The clan girls were here
secluded up on Estrogen Rise
Linked only by zip line
and soaked from the gray skies.
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The kids all found safe harbor
And shelter in the Grand Ol Eagle's nest
Everyone was workin
Engineering was put to the test
.....
John and his tape
Eric, his wit
Bill slapped a dandy ninety
And the gazebo still won't fit.
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The gravel was great
Keeps us outta the mud
Cept the kidlets
Who are covered in crud
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They're baking odd objects
Made from Anchor Point clay
No idea what they all are
Maybe, jist maybe some day.
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Granny and her wineglass
Grampy and his wig
Too much for John and I
We pull another swig
.....
Now the time for adios
But we'll come riding back soon
Ranger Bill rode out before sunrise
and the rest of us before noon.

7 comments:

Stan Harrington said...

They say good things happen if you are willing to wait, we had to wait for quite some time to see this writing, but it was well worth the wait. Great job and pretty well sumed up the weekend. To the rest of the clans, feel fortunate that you get to read it here, I was awakened at 0600 on a Saturday morning to listen to it by telephone!

RangerBill574 said...

Yeah, I keep forgetting the time zone difference.

john r mclay said...

Nice job, Talking Boy. Does paint the picture well.

Heidi said...

Great poem!!!

Shana said...

Great use of voice...my creative writing teacher claims this one is overused...but I dont agree...great poem...paints the picture well....not sure if you have ever read Shell Silverstein...he has some good voice that make good rewrites...looking forward to the next....

RangerBill574 said...

Glad you all liked it.

Stan Harrington said...

Who said I like it, I simply said it was a good poem!

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