every few days i'd drive down
the country mountain road
to the local lone liquor store
pick up plenty of coors light
whiskeys .. wines and such
i'd place the beer in snow
just outside the front door
cool coors light tasted great
soothing the burning sensations
throughout our bodies from the cocaine
only job available .. close by
was working on a mushroom farm
unexpectedly it turned out
to be a prison work camp
illegal aliens were the only employees
I discovered all of their needs
were taken care of .. shelter
food .. a few dollars for alcohol
is the only pay they received
they seemed real happy with that
no surprise I refused the job offer
on a random trip to the liquor store
I decided to use a public phone
called back home to louisiana
had my income tax check sent to me
six long weeks trapped in the mountains
I began checking the mailbox every day
viola .. venecia and I planned to move
east to joplin, missouri .. their hometown
drugged mario became extremely sad
our remaining days were hard .. pure hell
we were still snorting large quantities
of the high grade cocaine
one thing was really good
mario didn't have his pistol
mario said he'd drive venecia home
I announced i'd drive viola and myself
moving day arrived .. my check came
mario and venecia left early .. we were far behind
i'm glad I waited that last day for the mail to run
Copyright @ January 2015
StandingBear
