An Unfortunate Ricochet

An Unfortunate Ricochet By Elton Camp Armadillos can be quite the pest In your yard, they’ll build a nest The holes they make get big As for delicious grubs they dig Not all of them are disease free A few can carry dreaded leprosy A Georgia man gave one a whack But the bullet went bouncing back Through the house wall it went In his mother-in-law, it was spent To arrest him, there was no need “It was an accident,” cops decreed The next day, all you could hear Were pistol shots, far and near Every husband in the area around Out shooting armadillos was found (This is very loosely based on an actual event in Georgia)