ALL FOR THE THOUGHT

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Your heart wears thin from a yearn within when your thoughts get stuck on a girl.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>For he's a lonely guy who's lost away,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>and pines for a woman's care.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>all the time, not a day goes by not thinking of a maiden fair. </I></div> <div> <I>* * *</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>Today he plans to go and look in a town that's far ahead,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>for a faithful wife who can sew and cook</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>and share his lonesome bed.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>That first small town is a far-off nook,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>and ten miles to a house;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>but once he's there, he'll start to look...</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>for some consenting spouse.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>Now he leaves on foot for there is no road,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>just nothing but woods around.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>With a small canteen and a back-pack load he heads for that first town.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>But he's only in the woods 'bout a-half a day</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>before he came to know...</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>that somewhere in the thick path way he forgot which way to go!</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>So he goes in circles for fifteen days</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>when all his supplies run out;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>now all he can do is hope and pray</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>that he'll find the proper route.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>So in his plight as he trudges on</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>through every other nook and cove;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>he's willed determined to overcome for the sake of a woman's love!</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>* * *</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>After several more days he's about worn out, no food, nor water to drink,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>when his eyes caught sight of an old milk cow scratching on a barb wire link.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>At last, he found that first small town</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>as he peered through his blood-shot eyes...</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>at that first little shack that he has found that sets there atop the rise.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>With his legs now sprawled, he starts to crawl like a snake that's after a mouse;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>and with a parched-out throat he attempts to call to that little old shanty house;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>but his voice is low 'cause his throat hurts so, and no one heard his cry,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>but he set his sight on where to go;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>to the doorsteps which were nigh.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>Well, he crawled to the porch with his throat all scorched, </I></div> <div> <I>lying prone,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>just a total wreck;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>and with very little strength, but just enough force to rap there on the deck.</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>* * *</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>Then a man inside raced outside to lend a helping hand;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>and he says to him: "You look all in,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>but I'll help you if I can".</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>And the wretched man could hardly speak,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I>but he managed: "</I></FONT><I>Do you have a daughter?"</I> </div> <div> <I>And the owner, with a voice at peak,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I>said: " </I></FONT><I>No, but I have food and water ! "</I> </div> <div> <I>And with that answer, the weak one said:</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I>"</I></FONT><I>Sir, my flame within, you cannot douse,</I> </div> <div> <I>but my dear friend I'll ask instead:</I> </div> <div> <I>" How far is it to the next farm house?"</I> </div> <div> <I>* * *</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>( </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Strange things happen when you live way out, </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>and apart from the rest of the world: </B></div> <div> <B>your heart wears out in a lonely bout </B></div> <div> <B>when your thoughts get stuck on a girl! )</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>* * *</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> William. E. 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