Ralph Escapes the Big House
Ralph Escapes the Big House
By Elton Camp
It’s a life sentence with no parole allowed
“No prison can hold me,” Ralph vowed
Ralph found a loose stone in his cell
It helped to bribe the guard as well
An escape tunnel he then began to bore
Every night, he worked on it some more
“When I get out, I’ll sure kill that D.A.
And the jury & witness are gonna pay.”
“They put me into this huge cracker box
But nothing can hold this sly old fox.”
After ten years of labor almost every night
Ralph broke through to his great delight
But a key element his escape plan did lack
He was in the middle of the railroad track
“Free at last!” is what he proceeded to yell
But a rushing train, his dream did dispel
His plans for revenge vanished just like that
As the freight train then mashed him flat
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