Father's Day 2006
by
Marvin
Hass
Everything went high they say.
All started by Ol' C.J.'s Dad,
mighty fine spread in its day.
Sonny came in a foreign car,
wore an eastern lawyer's face.
He won't be runnin' cows fer sure
plans to parcel out the place.
The Missus rode the front porch,
had a stroke a year ago.
Just sittin' in a wheel chair,
watchin' a life times work all go.
Sonny eased her in that fancy car
when they yelled "That's the end-gate folks."
He's gonna put her in the old folks home,
but I don't suppose she knows.
That stroke it took her speech and all,
Still...wasn't hard to read her mind.
She's headin' to an empty room,
time to leave her home behind.
The Realtor shut up the place,
put a lock on the Ol' front gate.
Tacked a sign that read Acreages For Sale,
"Create Your Western Dream Estate."
Yep...they sold 'er out last Friday,
guess sixty years is quite a run.
C.J.'s dead...the Missus cries
and the Ol' Slash "J" is done.
Copyright (c) 2006, Marvin Hass.
Used with the author's permission.
Also by Marvin Hass
Around the Bend
Cowboy's Halloween
Prairie Church