oscar blue, part 2

by bofa xesjum

oscar sat down and thought and turned into a butterfly tired of it all about his mom walking down a long dark highway with no end in sight so tired on the other side of the moon a light appeared in the sky waking down a long dark highway “oscar, are you in there? i am so tired a light appeared in the sky floating like a dinosaur to coolly calculate the odds and turn into a butterfly the best in the whole world but it was all in vain walking down the dark highway but don’t show your face here again on the other side of the moon to coolly calculate the odds about his mom who always knew the score the river flows and plays well with others the river flows

oscar blue, part 1

by bofa xesjum

terrified but having a good heart oscar sat down and thought to avoid obstacles but was not much of a hunting dog named shep he just didn’t have it in him “they laughed when he walked through the door” in the shadow of the mountain he sat down and thought because he had a good heart walking down a long highway and told not to show his face covered with ice and snow he heard a voice behind him echoing down a long highway he sat down and thought as the voice did not stop to avoid obstacles and fainted at the foot of the mountain with a stout heart too terrified to speak about his old dog shep who was told not to show his face and heard a voice behind him trembling with abject terror

the package, part 2

by bofa xesjum

excuse me, sir this day is not forever no matter what they say it may seem obvious and it may be news to some but soon it will be over and there will be no more excuses but i cared but now it is over you never expected that but it is good news to some people but you can get lucky it was right there in front of you nobody cared and then it was over “what are we talking about, anyway?” nobody cared at the time obvious as it seems now they were too quick to go to sleep the package was on the step for all to see and then it was all over all over forever and a day it was great news for some and some even cared and some got lucky because some people have all the luck

the package, part 1

by bofa xesjum

ha ha very funny excuse me quite obvious, thank you they were too quick but you can get lucky that is great news i never expected that i cared they were too quick the package was left on the step nobody cared so you say the package was left on the step they were too quick and then it was over nobody cared it is already over forever and a day i never expected that i cared i never expected that excuse me the package was left on the step it is already over forever and a day so you say so you say

bumps in the road

by bofa xesjum

the cowboy thought it was all a joke but the castle in the sky grew larger and the assembled onlookers laughed to beat the band * this is a great opportunity for a person like you after everything that has happened recently and before the provisional government suspends habeas corpus * truly, you rank fifth from the bottom even after all your slow exhalations but society may yet forgive you * the minister clutched his portfolio in his watery grave in a manner of speaking, of course * i do not like the turn this conversation is taking what happened to the good old songs? *

the secret

by horace p sternwall

the sun comes up in the morning the moon comes out at night frank and eddie were buddies but neither was very bright eddie had a secret plan to conquer the universe frank was born to a kingdom but was banished by an ancient curse a hellhound named herbert hoover was hot upon their trail in a final act of desperation they decided to rob the mail uncle bud macgregor was a railroad bull to fear and arrested many a poor rounder every sad and lonely year uncle bud had a sweetheart whose name was known to none but it is written in the stars in the light of a trillion suns frank thought it was nellie and eddie thought it was sue and if they ever rob the mail the world will know it too robin hood and jesse james are sleeping in the waves and dreaming of the little dog they tried so hard to save

wedding day

by horace p sternwall

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