Crawford boxes
Wearing white soxs
Cindy and Chase
Built their case
About the train
Transporting the financial grain
Seeking fortune with fame
Going through each state
Fishing tempting bait
Until hiding in a bush
The reality push
Stupid economy
Transitioning to Daddy and Mommy
Super modeling soda pop
Choo Choo would not stop
For the Crawford boxes
Wearing white soxs
Better one will survive
Others will say goodbye
Until banks stepped in
Deciding who would win
GQ pinstripes
With the Broadway lights
Ending championship fight
Turning off the lights
Saying everyone is all right
And good night
Putting the dolls back into the Crawford boxes
Still selling South Side White Soxs
This Los Angeles native had a great acting career.
It started in 1955 as an original Mouseketeer.
"The Rifleman" would be his most famous show.
Mark McCain was the son of Lucas we all know.
Johnny was a recording artist in his day.
His best-selling single hit was "Cindy's Birthday".
Of all young actors, he was among the best.
At the age of seventy-five, Johnny is being laid to rest.
Johnny Crawford
(1946-2021)
I thank wikipedia.org and imdb.com for information I obtained to write this poem
You were a great actor who was often cast in tough-guy roles.
You did a fantastic job as a police officer on Highway Patrol.
You passed away in 1986 at the age of seventy-four.
When you died, you were married to Mary Alice Moore.
Your first serious acting job was as a footballer in She loves me not.
Becoming as brilliant of an actor as you was what other actors sought.
You enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. during World War II.
When people look up the word hero in dictionaries, they see a picture of you.
You have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of fame and you won an academy award.
Nearly a quarter of a century ago, you were sent to Heaven to be with the Lord.
(DEDICATED TO BRODERICK CRAWFORD WHO DIED APRIL 26, 1986.)
cherry apple red
my cherry 2,000 girl
dance on the web spin
The Cretan Clown from Crawford came - chosen for greatness, age-old name.
Skull and bones adorned his frame, chosen for greatness, age-old name.
Borders did they eliminate - thus they sealed our Country's Fate.
It all began long ago - Unsuspected, they that know.
In they flowed from Southern points - Western, Eastern, Northern too.
Like Thieves in the night they came in fear -
large Sieves in our Borders - too late - they're here.
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