Saving Shivers! (Winter of '73)
dang blast that bus!
I was caught, near on the other side
of town, waiting in the bus shelter, under
the one ceiling heat lamp working....
close to sundown, with the temperature
dropping quickly, way past zero, and a
full-sideways-blowin' snowstorm 'bout
tippin' over the shelter.... I was startin'
to lose feelin' in my toes, and began
fightin' the shivers.....
dang blast that bus!
for some reason, I looked into the snow
swept corner, and there all curled up was
an injured squirrel, drawn to the only heat
around, tryin' to hang on!... I had gloves on
so I didn't worry about pickin' the poor thing
up, and I brought it to a nearby house that
had a light on.....
the kind people who lived there brought me
and my hurt squirrel inside, out of the blizzard!
.....turns out they were 'animal rescue' people!
and offered to nurse my squirrel buddy back
to health.... told me the buses had all been
cancelled due to the hazardous road conditions,
gave me a ride home and told me my little
squirrel buddy was lucky my bus never came!
(I look back now.... and think 'Guardian Angels' representin' me an' the
squirrel, were workin' overtime that night, smilin' at the outcome!)
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