A Very Mary Variation
A mostly-Pantoum poem
using Line 3 from Mary Oliver’s “Meadowlark” – but now it’s more serious
Country-Boyin’
he’s been lookin’ at real trucks for two years
three-quarter ton pickups for bigger jobs than Ford Rangers can do
but now it’s more serious
he’s hiked his dress pants and signed his name
three-quarter ton pickups for big jobs-
haulin’ trailers, pullin’ campers, country-boyin’!
he hiked his dress pants and signed on the line
no one knows why he hiked his pants
mud boggin’, four- wheelin’, country-boyin’ –
always ready to ride the roads
sometimes dogs curl up in bathroom sinks during storms for no apparent reason
a Clyde Edgerton character even had an unexplained habit of flushing raw cabbage heads down the toilet
always ready to ride the roads
but now it’s more serious
a quirky dressed-up country boy is still a Georgia country boy
he’s gone and bought him a shur-nuff truck
Common Threads 