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Turnips

...What is hungry that
These turnips
Shall be fattened
With bacon. This
Spoke the troll
he gathered turnips
from Onsager s  garden.
Breadcrumbs shall
atop this au gratin
With bacon , pumpkin
f...

Turnips

...What is hungry that
These turnips
Shall be fattened
With bacon. This
Spoke the troll
he gathered turnips
from Onsager s  garden.
Breadcrumbs shall
atop this au gratin
With bacon , pumpkin
f...

Turnips

...What is hungry that
These turnips
Shall be fattened
With bacon. This
Spoke the troll
he gathered turnips
from Onsager s  garden.
Breadcrumbs shall
atop this au gratin
With bacon , pumpkin
f...

The Good Life

...
Mornings, light and smiling
Coffee brewing, black
Meat frying in a cast iron skillet
Grease, flour and milk, stirred together
Gravy poured over steaming biscuits
Granny’s breakfast...

Dancing Fireflies Sing

...
A candy dish in cobalt glass
Reflecting temptations
Beneath the heavy cover

A hairbrush fuzzy with gray down
From the head it combed
On nights spent alone, awake

A cast iron skill...

A Hardscrabble Life

...Granny, hunched over the woodstove –
I smell fatback frying in cast iron,
Scents of morning in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Along with hazy mists hanging across them,
Parting for the sunlight as it m...

Life Is Sow State Unfair

...

So yo’ farm masters
got yo’ phat attractive features
listed on public notice,
at da commodity trading display — touting you as
one fine looking hoofed creature

State Fairs have long...

Black-Eyed Peas For New Years Meal

...Black-Eyed Peas for New Year’s Meal


Black-Eyed Peas
Black-Eyed Peas

I’m going to freeze
If I don’t eat Black-eyed peas
On New Year’s Day

Black-Eyed Peas
Black-Eyed P...

Mother

...Generous to a fault,
stubborn as a mule;
a bit older than dirt
but as a general rule-

we treasure your smile,
love your sense of humor;
we applaud your *****
and we've spread the rumor-

t...

Jb

...BY
 Tony Adamo (February 3, 12)

Gospel testifying soul burn’n and funk bumpn’
 The chitlin circuit, funky nite clubs and low pay
 JB came up with a jazzified innovation of funk laid out on a foundat...

Daddy

...Cynic unknown bantu baptize daily.
Daddy fatback dough friends maker.
Songs harmony hardy....

Further Thoughts

...Sometimes I feel insignificant
I try to school my son about my past ignorance
I paint the pictures vivid hoping that he gets it
don’t chase the fast change
Son stay out the fast lane
It leads to...

At Bubba's We Spent the Night

...We take Bubba home to drop him off 
His father and mother come out, they begin to hack and cough 
His father extends his hand out to shake mine 
My wife says don't be rude, go ahead and shake it, ...

Bubba Spent the Night

...Our son asked can a friend stay over
He just moved here from dover
The friend says tonight's Friday, usually we have pig's innards
He says my name is Cleetus Billy Joe Jim Bob Jones, after he stut...

Red Necks

...The deer is a warm and fresh road kill
Will go good with the moonshine from your still
That red neck life style you will always have
Red Necks don't have to have a reason to be mad
You feel that ...

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