it was a cold rainy day
joey and peggy sue were to be married
an hour before the wedding
henry slade showed up
joey and henry slade
went back a long way
joey owed henry
as no man had ever owed another man
henry had come to collect
on the cold rainy day
when joey and peggy sue
were about to tie the knot
preacher davis was just finishing
his bowl of oatmeal
and getting ready
to tie his necktie
something he was not very good at
despite years of practice
a shadow fell across his
rain-streaked window
it was henry slade
come to collect his debt from joey gray
a cold wind
went down the poor preacher’s back
and he wished
he could eat another bowl of oatmeal
instead of going outside
into the wifd and rain
where joey owed henry slade
as no man had ever owed another man before
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