Gum Stump Squirrel

When I was younger I felt like I was older; now that I’m older I feel like I am young. I didn’t know the answer so everything I told her I made up in my head before it rolled right off my tongue. Gum stump squirrel get up and be gone.

Thirty years ago on one cold winter morning the sun wouldn’t rise, it just stayed in bed all day. Now the mercury is rising under a code red warning, smell the acres burn on east Carolina clay. Gum stump squirrel get up and be gone.

Every November we sit around the table, give thanks for the blessings and trials of last year. Patrick grabs a shotgun because he is able, aims it out the bedroom window and bags himself a deer. Gum stump squirrel get up and be gone.

The water is rising; I see the old foundation in the muddy bank on what used to be dry land. How do you think our comrades up in the space station feel about our shuttle program coming to an end? Gum stump squirrel get up and be gone.

The traffic signal’s out at the four-way intersection, requiring a person direct us with their wave. Always put a dollar in the plate at the collection, if St. Peter’s counting he can’t say you never paid. Gum stump squirrel get up and be gone.