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dang, grandma was a real hubba bubba- killer-diller khaki wacky boycrazygirl a spiffy hot damn hoofer during the dark hours of WWII and the devastation followed with unrestrainedjubibilation beat me daddy eight to the bar grandma was a real hubba bubba- franksinatracrooner singing grandma put on her stompers she was a babydoll soppysappysharp a spiffy hot damn hoofer worked in a factory building partsforairplanes for the boys no siree bob she was not giving up her job she had dreams a white picket fence in the boondocks grandma was- a spiffy hot damn hoofer no gobbledygook she told great stories of what it was like after the war forthetroops and all pin-up girls like Marilyn Munroe Elvis Roy Orbison Jerry Lee Lewis drive-ins fancy wheels ovaltine casablanca goingmyway its a wonderful life for whom the bell tolls earnesthemmingway it was a time of attitude no fuddy-duddy she had the gams met grandpa doingtheswing they had no lettuce moolah greenbacks but they were over the top stuck on glued bonkers in love oh grandma had no fear of saying hi-de-ho he said hey sugar are you rationed dang grandma was a real hubba bubba- killer-diller kacky wacky boycrazygirl take a gander withyourpeepers at this thingamabob poem ____________________________________ June 2, 2015 Free Verse Inspired by the slang of the 1940's For the contest, Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk, sponsor, Debbie Guzzi First Place
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