Poet’s Corner
The Last Hurrah
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
The last hurrah included:
Corn on the cob,
served piping hot,
slathered with melted butter,
and garlic salt.
Two chili-dogs,
peppered with pickled jalapenos,
on squishy white buns.
Blue cotton candy, three bags of Skittles
flat root beer;
Before bungee jumping-off the trampoline,
and betting on the pig races,
assisting a lady clown,
and haggling the juggler,
who had a bad sense of balance
and whose little dog
had an uncanny habit of jumping through hoops
at just the wrong time.
I do hope the kids had fun too.
For tomorrow there is school
Yes, tomorrow there is school.
And mommie can rest.
And mommie can rest.
And mommie can have,
The Last Hurrah.