I like to eat mussels
both in red and white sauce
I sometimes eat them with spaghetti
no matter what the cost
And then I always do something special
with the leftover mussel shells
I place them in the garden
where they look so awfully swell
The neighbors and the gardeners
don't know what to make of this
but it doesn't matter
it's my gardening bliss
Perhaps I'll start another garden
with clam shells all the like
It will brighten up my day
at a lesser price
Say so.ething nice
or say know thing at
all!
Speak when ; your spoken
to!
Shut up!
Shut your damn mouth!
What your mad huh,
I know you ain't mad
You can't be!
Get paid for doing nothing,
He'll I did all the work!
You stupid?
Are you Stupid?
I had to tell you what to
do too many times
For you to be anything
Else but stupid!
Tell you want it is!
You're dumb, try'na be
Stupid!
Be yourself and
Everything will be
Alright!
Excepts from "Be Yourself"
Ain't nothing but palm ash and
Lavender Bouis! Ain't the soap
Fragrant!
Hau the Bouis?
Hau the Bouis?
icy waves in fall
ferry to shore a sea star
from a mussel bed
At the mussel restaurant
You order up a pot.
Ceremoniously, they’re served,
Piled high and piping hot.
Scoop some shells and use your tiny
Fork to pull the meat.
Sop the sauce with crusty bread,
Each bite a tasty treat.
Sip a draft beer and relax
For everything’s all right.
A mussel feast’s the perfect way
To welcome Friday night.
The Zebra Mussel Invasion (The Story Of The Three Hump Clam)
God’s opalescence-
Mississippi riverbed
Suffocating sleep
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Dedicated to Nadine and Burl, of “River City Pearls” in Alma
Wisconsin, fighting heroically to save the many species of
Mississippi river clams, bordering on extinction, from the
Choking Zebra Mussel invasion, your effort is honorable.
.
For you history buffs, Nadine was a pioneer in the Chinese
“mother of pearl” button-trade industry over 50 yrs. ago,
(now vanished) originating from this area of the Mississippi near
Alma called “Lake Pepin” a vast expanse of the river with
Minnesota on one side, and Wisconsin on the other, her River
Pearl Jewelry and Oil Paintings are internationally acclaimed.
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