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A lovely story to tell

Clara Case ( Deen ) 1926 (Tennessee)

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A LOVELY STORY TO TELL

WE STARTED OUT ON A LONG
LONG TRIP, 2100 MILES, MY
LITTLE SISTER IN LAW AND
HER MOTHER WAS GOING WITH
US, MY LITTLE SISTER IN LAW
SAID, CAN I SIT IN THE BACK
WITH MY FEET HANGING OUT?

HER MOM SAID NO- NO MY DEAR
WE’VE A LONG- LONG WAY TO
GO. SHE TOOK THAT NOT THINKING
JUST HOW FAR IT WAS. SHE WAS
GETTING REALLY TIRED ABOUT
100 MILES AHEAD.

SHE SAID I WANT SOMETHING TO
EAT ARE WE THERE YET? BY THE
TIME WE GOT TO CALIFORNIA SHE
WAS SAYING I WANT TO GO BACK
HOME AND NEVER-EVER TAKE
A LONG TRIP LIKE THIS AGAIN
I DON’T LIKE TO ROAM.

IT WAS QUITE A WHILE BEFORE WE
WENT BACK HOME. I’M AFRAID SHE
LEARNED QUITE WELL HOW TO ROAM
BEFORE WE GOT BACK HOME

April 25, 2021

Author Clara Case ( Deen )

About this poem

My hubby our children and I traveled all over the USA and this was one of the exciting ones.

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Submitted by Deeny107 on June 02, 2021

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Scheme X XXXXXAB XCXXBX CXDAXXE DDEE X X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 698
Words 151
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 7, 6, 7, 4, 1, 1
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