Moon Over Thunderbox

Moon over Thunderbox The moon shines bright on the thunderbox tonight, Little Charlie raced down and jerked open the door, Something big and bright almost bloody white A horror that he almost bloody saw, Messed his pants upon the plurry floor. Phenyl, was the smell, have a sniff you can tell, The ghost was looking out the door, The screams of Charlie B, brought the Police a running see, To arrest a sheep, a hanging all he saw, In the great Depression time, It was not seen as, never crime, To steal a sheep, more for mostly poor, Being now, paid for the time, For the unpaid work, crime, Balance the books, a sheep to eat, for bloody sure! Don Johnson 29-aug-11 Waltzing Matilda said sure, lamb chops came through my door, Drovers delivered full sheep through the winder, a cooking at daylight, liver and chops and eggs under fat, cooked on the old wood stove once more:)

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Date: 8/30/2011 3:33:00 AM
lol, wonderful entertaining write poor little Charlie B, but then a sheep he did glean, lamb chops are yummy tasty, cooking at daylight sounds delicious as well, and waltzing with Matilda...enjoy it mate....your mate old Jack
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Date: 8/29/2011 8:09:00 PM
Awesome, creative write Don! I really enjoyed this work you writ here! Thanks for the great visualization in the poem, that was excellent!
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Date: 8/29/2011 8:31:00 PM
Yes Russell, Ba ba got caught stealing 4 sheep tied up in the back of the ute, he was going to feed all the rellies too...but old Clem the owner held a 45 on him marched him up to the police station...Baa said Ba ba:) nother verse maybe???
Date: 8/29/2011 7:28:00 PM
sounds good I love lamb chops ala Doris!! I love the name of this poem you had me with that name.....my mind was racing...??? what has Don come up with?? Much better than I thought for sure!!
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Date: 8/29/2011 7:46:00 PM
My dad the drover had mates who would give him meat, he gave the masters meat to them too back in the 1950s ....We lived of meat be it beef or lamb chop. Outhouses and thunderboxes....outside toilets where the redback (black widow cuzzin lurked)
Date: 8/29/2011 7:08:00 AM
I had a horse show up at my door in the middle of the night. I about went into orbit when I opened the door. Wasn't expecting that. Great poem. Tony
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Date: 8/29/2011 7:48:00 PM
My dad the drover had 20 dogs who raced to the back steps whenever something was tossed out to eat, Star the horse put a scatter in em with flailing hooves and got the corn meat to eat, sometimes.
Date: 8/29/2011 2:24:00 AM
great tale told in rhyme, much enjoyed
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