Creekwashed Overalls

[couchgrouch]

Creek-Washed Overalls'tween two Firs out back was twenty feet of twinewhere Pa hung Ma a sagging laundry lineafter he finished workin' the muddy field all weekMa'd wash his fav'rite garment down in Diamond creekthen he'd sit in his ragged longjohns with a jug of ryeand watch a red moon and the restless wind dryhis creekwashed overallsbought on tab at the General storesnuff pocket and hammer loop...cuffs tucked in his bootsgood for both fishin' n choreskinda baggy...they swished when he swaggeredMa still thought he was a handsome breed of haggardin his creekwashed overallsMa hadda scrub till the water pruned her poor handsto remove the blood of that revenue manshe looked at Pa's stubborn soul much the same wayheaven'd hafta work hard to wash the stain of whiskey awaybut one morn' as the creek ran high from mountain rainwhen Reverend Sloane put Pa to the water not a stain remainedlike his creekwashed overallsbought on tab at the General storea few stray strings n threads but they ain't finished yetthey're good for many years morekinda baggy...they swished when he swaggeredMa still thought he was a handsome breed of haggardin his creekwashed overallswell, there's always accidents on the farmthere's saw cuts, donkey kicks n fallsso Ma was always stitchin' Pa's legs n armssame as she did his overallsbut one day she came home and found blood on the gate and latchfollowed the trail from the tractor and found Pa in her flower patchwell, Ma washed by the moon and stayed up all night and sewedand the next day 'neath Pa's long black burial coatwere creekwashed overallscreekwashed overalls(c)2006 Robert George

[bc]

Nice gallery of word pictures Robert. You're on to something here.bc

[couchgrouch]

thanks Brian.