EARTHLY FATHER

“Our Father, who art on earth,” they said,
“Let's honor you before you are dead.”
They embraced the man;
Tears down his cheek ran;
And long-held bitterness fled.

PEW REVIEW

 Sunday comes for shut-ins too,
Those who can’t do what they used to do.
Some watch TV to glean
Truths from pastors seen,
As they listen from electronic pews.

MORNING

I woke up this morning feeling rough.
Ate some cereal, but that weren’t enough.
I slouched in my chair,
And my TV was there
To help fill my mind with fluff. 

GIT-TAR

 Jimmy bought him an old git-tar
And learnt him some chords here and thar.
Fore he knowed what he had done,
He was havin’ him some fun,
Sanging “Boy Named Sue” and “Wildwood Flaur.”

SUCH AS THAT

 He got old and fat and such as that
And sat in a chair and petted a cat.
His wife watched him age,
And sometimes he’d rage —
Not at the cat, but at “such as that.”

TOUGH

There once was a man from Greenville.
Of foolishness he'd had his fill.
His body was lean
And his fists they were mean
And no one got up in his grill.

LONESOMENESS

When she first seen his old car,

It looked lack it wouldn't go far.

He weren't handsome,

But she was reel lonesome.

So they's out thar riding somewhar.