No Way to Kiss a Country Man

Lorna

E.O. you old rascal you

When I was nineteen

Jamie took me to see you

Way up on your mountain

 

Still mean and still lean

And though no longer young

You were sinew and oak

You were salt of the earth

 

We sat as you told us

How it had been

How you'd fed your family

When times had been thin

 

The afternoon passed

And I reached for your cheek

To give it a peck

Till next time we'd meet

 

That's no way to kiss

Was all that you said

And you kissed with such vigor

I'll never forget!

 

Such a surprise

And such nervous laughter

Jamie stepped in, said shame

"She could be your daughter!"

 

But my forever nineteen self

Has wondered aplenty

What must you have been like

As a young buck of twenty!

  • Author: Lorna (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 12th, 2018 05:01
  • Category: Humor
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  • Fay Slimm.

    A well-written tribute to the men who were real in every sense Lorna - - they certainly meant what they said and did - - though you were only nineteen methinks that woudl have been a kiss to remember. Great read.

    • Lorna

      It was Fay! - thanks - I know "abuse" by men is bad but I think it's gone over the top to where even flirting and playfulness has become taboo - hope they don't cut off their noses to spite their faces.

    • Goldfinch60

      Good write, that man has seen life and is full of knowledge.

      • Lorna

        Yup - that he was!

      • Michael Edwards

        Great fun read Lorna

        • Lorna

          Thanks Michael!

        • BRIAN & ANGELA

          "If He kisses like Country ~ He is Country" Thanks for sharin' LORNA ! I love the Appalachians ~ the few remaining Ole Timers with their Blue Grass an' banjo pickin' etc. But be quick they are a dyin' breed ! Yours BRIAN (UK)



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