Redneck-opoly

[couchgrouch]

Redneck-opolyI stopped by the swapmeetto buy somethin' for my sonand I remembered playin'the game of Life when I was youngsaw a boardgame on a blue tarpfor good old boys young and oldCletus J was on the coverand that game was calledRedneck-opolythere's no shoe or thimble, it came with southern symbolsyou move around the boardblue ribbon brown hog,three-legged hound dogand a cow-horn Fordno tiny red hotels, it's rusty camper shellsin Redneck-opolymy boy said he got luckywhen he rolled a sixlife looked good when he landedon an Airstream in the sticksmy wife smiled at me funnydrawing a card from a stackit said shotgun wedding at sixteentake two spaces backit's Redneck-opolywith boarded-up bowling alleys,backroad moonshine valleysand Trailer Park Placecaved in coalmine railroads,straw hat innertube sailboatson a rock quarry lakeall us poor white trashhafta pay with cashin Redneck-opolythe best things are Gracelandthe Opry and Dollywoodmy boy had all three tied upand he cleaned us out but goodbut the rules say it don't matterwhether or not you winthe poorest player gets foodstampscos there's no losers inRedneck-opolybuy that brown poupon, twoferone with Sunday couponswhen you land on the Shop n Saveten cans of Wolf Brand Chili,the cashier looks like Williescraping cheese from the microwavediaper money pays for bail,at the county jailin Redneck-opoly(c)2005 Robert George