There
once was an old lady, who drank like a fish
Loved to
drink her whiskey from a two-gallon demijohn—
Whenever
she could… From Organ to Frisco, she traveled
By cover
wagon, with her two grandkids: whereupon, one
Day as
they went to seek for work, they hid the demijohn
Sixty
feet high up in a tree, from the ground, in fear she’d
Drawn
herself with the alcohol, before they’d return.
Hence,
upon their return that night, she was found dead
Drunk to
the world on the kitchen floor… She had shot
The
demijohn to smithereens, with her long-barreled
Kentucky
rifle; emptied its remains into a tub, placed
Under the
tree. And so she lapped it up, like soaked duck!
No: 4564/Written 9-29-2014
