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A new life it seems Has come my way In the mountains And plains of Wy-o-ming I look out of my window And Antelope play Go out to the kids place Where the buffalo stay The rain has been plenty And the winds not still If you call blowing A 500 lb ol’ lady down a hill I exaggerated a bit But how would you know You ain’t ever seed me So I’ll just let it go. From a big house With no spare room I now live in a trailer Just a little bit closer to all of my treasures I’m trying to fit in and believe me I say it with a grin I’ll just give you an example My friends At the Arena Football Game the other night My son-in-law got bored He took out his great big knife While I watched them make a next score Next thing I knew folks Folks were falling off of their seats And when I turned around The same thought hit me He had cut if the bottoms off of two plastic beer bottles And was holding them up to his eyes like a pair of goggles And just about then All around started to sing Billy’s got his beer goggles on Only his name is Fred but what the heck You see him ‘n me gits ‘long great Our only goal in life Is to see which of us Can out do the other I went garage saleing With them the next day And I bought two air conditioners Per se And when we arrived Back at my place We stuffed one in my pickup And the other in his truck Remember I told you My house is quite small It’s almost impossible To walk in the door at all It was late And the wind and rain Made installing them Something for another day I guess things can’t be too bad between us Cause I gave him permission to use my lawn tractor But dog gone sometimes he can be to nice Making me feel like he’s my baby sitter But the day he hollered, “Do you want your coke ‘n cane” Shirlee hollered back, “Fred, don’t use those two words so close together The neighbors might hear And get the wrong impression” So as the sun in the west Shines in my eyes I’ll close for now And wish you all a good night Cile Beer

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 6/14/2008 8:24:00 PM
First off you are such a delight to read. Second Sean said it best you can hear the happiness in your writing. I am so happy for you, your friend, Ron
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Date: 6/14/2008 5:21:00 AM
i just love your poetry! It reminds me of home, and my family, somehow...I guess I see some of my grandmother in you (what a beautiful thing!) she passed 2 yrs ago now...and I miss her dearly, I can read the laughter nad love in your words, dear, and it makes me smile - thank you. Bless you! Kristin
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Date: 6/14/2008 3:33:00 AM
Hi Cile - Often times change is a hard but necessary thing - I bet those grandkids love having their grandmother so close - I admire your strength and courage - i love you Cile
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Date: 6/14/2008 12:27:00 AM
Interesting narrative Marycile.Rgds Brian & thanks fo your welcome observations
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Date: 6/14/2008 12:01:00 AM
Cile , I can HEAR the happiness in your wtiting... Long may it L A S T for you......
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