Flashback .. Fast Forward

On Her .. Uncle Max's .. Way Out Of Town

poor coonass Vernon was in terrible hellish pain

it was so bad .. i've to skip the gruesome, graphic details

I assure each .. every single one of you

he'd caught the worst end of it

i'd tears in my eyes .. scorching hot oil had landed on me too

Aunt Edna .. Aunt Sis .. were sloppy drunk, falling down

surrounding screaming Vernon .. trying to protect him

mom had her arms wrapped around grandma Eva

yet grandma refused to be denied .. smiling wickedly

she'd fought through .. poured the rest of the cooking oil all over him

he could be heard shrieking a mile away

please stop, Eva .. i'm sorry .. i'll never do it again

grandma knocked her daughters to the ground

coldcocked Vernon .. slapped his nerdy glasses off of his face

stomped down .. crushed them to tiny little pieces

she wouldn't stop cursing .. nor spitting on him

things calmed a bit .. Aunt Myrl bandaged Vernon's raw wounds

a good twenty minutes hadn't gone by .. knock knock on the door

who could it possibly be? .. Uncle Smokey, Aunt Edna's ex-husband

grinning like a cheshire cat .. asked if he could join the party

he was welcomed inside .. Aunt Edna liked truck drivers

Uncle Smokey .. Uncle Jimmy were pretty good friends

Aunt Edna's loves .. Jimmy .. Smokey .. had some talking to do

they got away from everyone .. each with a bottle of their chosen poison

Aunt Sis's husband .. Jimmy outdrank everybody except Vernon

began cursing loudly .. showing his crazy ass

Uncle Earl .. Uncle Max .. said fuck it .. they'd had enough

Arlis too .. crazy thing was .. mom and all my aunts

had ran off again .. back to the Cottonport Lounge

the men all drank .. cursed .. passed out near midnight

cousin Cyndi's boyfriend, Steve .. said you'll in for a little fun

sure, we replied .. he fired up some marijuana .. we toked it all

Steve had an ingenius plan .. him and cousins John Ed .. Dewayne

Dennis .. me .. my skinny brother Jimmy Don

all of us tiptoed across Fairfield Avenue to the hospital

chose a doctor's beautiful .. sun bright yellow Volkswagen

we picked it up .. carefully carried and set it down

dead center of the four lane Fairfield Avenue's intersection

ran back across the street to Aunt Edna's two story house

quickly turned the outside lights off .. sat low in large swings

inside the screened in porch .. not making a sound

you should've seen the doctor's face when his shift was over

he couldn't find his car anywhere .. he hastily called the police

stoned high .. laughing uncontrollably .. we were all a mess

police heard us .. came over with their flashlights beaming

asked had we seen a sun bright yellow Volkswagen

Steve stifled his laughter .. replied, is that it sitting in the intersection

red police lights flashing .. mom .. my aunts drove up

hazardously falling down drunk .. giggling in the late night hour

Aunt Myrl smashed her homemade lemon meringue pie

in Aunt Edna's husband .. Jimmy's bewildered face

on her .. Uncle Max's .. way out of town

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