Crawdad Pie

A barefoot boy on an old dirt road
Kicking dust up as he went
His lips all puckered, whistling a tune
He was happy and content 

He carried a bucket by the bail
Had a cane pole on his back
And under his arm, all wrapped up tight
Was a burlap gunny sack

“Where are you going with all that stuff?”
I asked as he skipped on by
“I’m headed down to the Jack-Knife Creek
To catch Crawdads for a pie”
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Onclaud Avatar
July 21, 2012 at 7:48 AM
this is a tight rhyme and the and beat to it adds to the overall visual of the write, charles..:) huggs!
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