Flashback .. Fast Forward

It Was Hell I Tell You .. Pure Hell To Pay

Aunt Sis was there .. her husband, another Uncle Jimmy

more cousins .. Dewayne .. Donna Gail .. Dennis .. David

another cousin named Debbie .. also cousins John Ed .. Larry

Uncle Edward .. Aunt Katie .. they'd all arrived from Winnie, Texas

and a small farming community named Bastrop, Louisiana

then Aunt Myrl .. Uncle Max

cousins Max Raymond .. Joe Earl .. Sherrie Lynn

a rather large family .. i'd have to say

mom .. her sisters, Sis .. Edna .. Myrl

would sneak away to the Cottonport Lounge

while the men barbequed .. drank whiskey .. beer

Saturday evening .. it was getting late in the day

i'd hear one uncle ask another uncle

where are our wives? .. then hell would start

Aunt Edna's husband .. Uncle Jimmy would say

I know exactly where the hell they're at

he'd leave the barbeque burning on the grill

hop fast into his car .. stepdad Arlis too

vroom .. off they went to the Cottonport Lounge

i'll never forget Uncle Jimmy's red, angry face

cursing about how he'd taken the weekend off

to spend some rare time with Aunt Edna

about an hour later .. rubber squealing

boom .. slam .. we knew they'd arrived

mom .. all my aunts, drunk .. laughing wild

Arlis had to drive them back .. pantyhose thrown on his head

all my uncles pulled in behind them in the narrow driveway

so they're all about looped .. except Arlis

he hardly ever drank .. not much when he did

while they were busy arguing

us kids would take .. hide the liquor

hoping somehow they'd give it up

fat chance .. a pipe dream

they'd only stagger to a car .. go on a beer run

but not before arguing about who would go

it was always like .. whoever had to go was a loser

snorting .. burning rubber leaving .. flipping the bird

I went into the house to use the restroom

confusion .. screaming seemed to be coming

from every large room in the two story house

grandma Eva had caught Vernon flirtring again

she'd poured a hot skillet of cooking oil on him

it was hell I tell you .. pure hell to pay

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