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Sunday, March 1, 2020

two guys and a girl


by nick nelson




jonathon was a nobody
jeremy was a churl
both were tortured by mona
because she was a girl

jonathon drove a city bus
jeremy drove a truck
they wished for mona’s bright eyed smiles
but neither had much luck

mona had other prospects
on which she set her sights
she dreamed of a perfect gentleman
rich, handsome, young, and bright


why do i tell this story?
why should anyone care?
does a maiden not deserve a prince?
do the brave not deserve the fair?

how many times can a song be sung?
or a story be told?
it would seem to be forever
without ever getting old

jonathon thought of mona
with every turn of his wheel
jeremy thought of many things
but only mona was real


then one snowy winter eve
on a highway slick with ice
jeremy was thinking of mona
and how she was so nice

he lost his concentration
and kept his foot on the gas
as a bus approached from around the bend
with not enough room to pass

every year in the u s alone
thirty thousand souls are claimed
in crashes on roads and highways
many others are injured and maimed


it chanced to be poor jeremy’s turn
on this fateful night
when the highway patrol responded
they beheld a terrible sight

jonathon heard of jeremy’s fate
and exulted in his brain
fate had spoken
and its message could not be more plain

the way was now clear
for mona to be jonathon’s own
but when he tried to call her
she was not at home


nobody helped poor jonathon
when he tried to track mona down
was she broken hearted about jeremy
or just moved to another town?

was it just a coincidence she was gone?
jonathon thought not
everything in life had a purpose
this wisdom jonathon bought

he never knew the answer
as he dragged his life away
dreaming of a person he never knew
who would not give him the time of day

think of a billion stories
then think of a billion more
everybody plays the game
but nobody knows the score



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