05-08-2018, 07:52 AM
The Stormbringers path
We were on-route for a family picknik
until the weather reporter used the word diabolical.
"That's a bit premature" said father,
trying to cover up his mechanical lust for storm chasing.
"No" said mother, have a heart "the children are with us"
"Oh come on, why so tense? if we jump in the car now
we can be over the bridge and back into Kansas
before you can click your heals".
"If it makes you feel better I'll ring ahead to check its progress".
My brother said he was afraid that something bad would happen,
but I convinced him that it would be alright.
We caught it all on camera, the bridge,
the surge of the river, even the screams from inside the jeep
as it filled with water and we rolled upside down
into the muddy murk.
We're sitting on the repaired bridge
waiting for our bodies to surface as they drag
yet another area.
I think of playing poo sticks
as our hamper floats quietly by,
ducks are fighting over the chicken paste sandwiches
and corn cobs.
"I think they've found us" said father as he disappeared
followed by my brother, then my mother.
"With regards to me?
I wish I'd never left Kansas,
I wish they would have carried on searching,
at least I still have the dog ".
We were on-route for a family picknik
until the weather reporter used the word diabolical.
"That's a bit premature" said father,
trying to cover up his mechanical lust for storm chasing.
"No" said mother, have a heart "the children are with us"
"Oh come on, why so tense? if we jump in the car now
we can be over the bridge and back into Kansas
before you can click your heals".
"If it makes you feel better I'll ring ahead to check its progress".
My brother said he was afraid that something bad would happen,
but I convinced him that it would be alright.
We caught it all on camera, the bridge,
the surge of the river, even the screams from inside the jeep
as it filled with water and we rolled upside down
into the muddy murk.
We're sitting on the repaired bridge
waiting for our bodies to surface as they drag
yet another area.
I think of playing poo sticks
as our hamper floats quietly by,
ducks are fighting over the chicken paste sandwiches
and corn cobs.
"I think they've found us" said father as he disappeared
followed by my brother, then my mother.
"With regards to me?
I wish I'd never left Kansas,
I wish they would have carried on searching,
at least I still have the dog ".
If your undies fer you've been smoking through em, don't peg em out