Dixie crowded barges
floating carnivale
tight-rope trail rider
gets on with his smoke

White trash from Texas
lantern loaded wagons
sleepy dog-faced patrons
get to the heart of Dallas

A deadly mixture
a mutt from Texas
... arms go left
...feet go right
body don't look quite right

Volunteer from Tennessee
... out of the north
... out of work
... out of the night
Poor boy gonna
lose his life.



Copyright © 2010-11 Patrick Darnell (2005)