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Mother Trucker

She’s got a few children still living at home. Each day in this big rig, on the roads she has to roam. The woman has to earn a steady income each day. She has been on her own since the old man went away. What good was he? She didn’t need him anyway. Breaker one-nine, little darling, have your ears on? I hope you are still out there and not gone. What is your ten-twenty? Are you just a little down the road? You’re bound for Savannah? That’s a long way to tote a load. Smokey’s in a plain wrapper here on I-95. He’s looking for anyone doing better than sixty-five. I knew you were out there! Mercy sakes alive!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 11/29/2011 10:55:00 PM
This poem is so cute, Robert.My husband is a trucker and I would not trade my life with him for ANYthing. (he is gone from the house a lot so it's as if we have almost separate lives. He does not like that. It is sad!)
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Date: 11/29/2011 5:44:00 PM
Ram it, slam it, jam it, knuckles to the board.
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