Terry Flood Poet Rhyme

Geronimo - a Cunning Escape

Those cowboys chased him ’cross the land
What a shame they hadn't planned
The man accused of rape and pillage 
Made it to a distant village
Leather boots effecting entry
Every shack discovered empty
Save for one where ‘mum’ was cooking
Cowboys moved on, elsewhere looking
Who could know Geronimo
Would ever wear a kimono
And stand there cooking chicken dippers
Wearing bright pink fluffy slippers

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Harry Horsman April 23, 2021 at 10:22 PM AWesome Poem Terry, love the story and the rhythm and flow. Terry Flood April 26, 2021 at 12:31 AM Thanks Harry. All fiction of course... just ask my Auntie Sitting Bull. Terry

Rico Leffanta April 23, 2021 at 11:40 AM With 1/4 of the entire U.S. Army in the field to capture him, Geronimo held a 4-day puberty rite for an Apache girl who experienced menarche during the escape. Completely surrounded, they remained "invisible" to the military leaving one to wonder if 1/4 of the entire U.S. Army were also deaf? Aloha! Rico Terry Flood April 23, 2021 at 12:04 PM Hi Rico, apart from the fact that he lived remarkably recently I have no historical knowledge of Geronimo or his life. I made up the fluffy slippers ending in the shower (as one does) and the rest, as they say, is (not) history. Hope it brought a titter. Terry