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Random act of poetry: “Frozen Prison”

"I'm stuck in Frozen Prison and time keeps draggin' on."

“I’m stuck in Frozen Prison and time keeps draggin’ on.”

Frozen Prison

I hear the sleet a comin’
It’s rollin’ ’round the bend
And I ain’t seen the sunshine
Since, I don’t know when.

I’m stuck in Frozen Prison
And time keeps draggin’ on
But frozen rain keeps a-fallin’.
Oh, when will you be gone?

Why it was just yesterday
The weatherman told me, “Run!
Tomorrow won’t be a good day
And you won’t see the sun.”

But I walked around the town
Because I thought he lied
Now I hear that sleet a-fallin’
and hang my head and cry.

I bet there’s salt trucks rollin’
Up and down streets near and far.
Wrecker drivers drinkin’ coffee
And waitin’ for wrecked cars.

Well, I know it’s now a-comin’
I know it will be a big freeze.
Yet people keep a-movin’
And that’s what frightens me.

I saw the KUB truck rollin’
Easin’ down my street
Lookin’ for those wires
Hangin’ heavy with that sleet.

Well, if they freeze me in this prison
If that freezin’ rain falls fine
I bet it’ll be for days
I’ll have broken power lines.

Far from Frozen Prison
That’s where I want to stay
And I’d let that warmer weather
Blow all that blue away.

But I’m stuck in Frozen Prison
And time keeps draggin’ on.
That frozen rain keeps a-rollin’.
Oh, when will you be gone?

[–with apologies to Johnny Cash. Parody of “Folsom Prison,” which was written and sung by Johnny Cash. Parody by David E. Booker.]

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Sixteen quarts and whadda ya get?

Another 16 quarts and whadda ya get?

Another 16 quarts and whadda ya get?

Picked 16 quarts and whadda I get?
Another day older and deeper in pits.
Saint Peter dontcha call me ’cause I can’t go
Pitted 16 quarts; I got 16 more.

[With apologies to Tennessee Ernie Ford and “Sixteen Tons.” http://youtu.be/L2tWwHOXMhI]

Picked all these cherries and more from one tree.

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I Knew You Were Tribbles (When You Dropped In) – YouTube

I Knew You Were Tribbles (When You Dropped In) – YouTube.

Just a wee bit of fuzzy fun.

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