A White Man’s Prayer
Lord send me a champion
inarticulate as a mouthful
of scalding gumbo, smart
as two left shoes, windier
than a kettle of my Uncle Larry’s
chili, one who talks
tough around the silver
spoon in his mouth
sane as an *****
grinders monkey, a real
Yankee Doodle Dandy
plenty handy with the girls
honest as the day is long
in Lapland in December
an hombre who knows
how it feels to be top rail
at breakfast, bottom rail
by bedtime, big hearted
to his legions of lessors
his betters nothing more
than vicious rumor, Lord
knows my first choice
Yosemite Sam
is also a cartoon.
Oct 21, 2016
Oct 21, 2016 at 12:36 PM UTC
A White Man’s Prayer
Lord send me a champion
inarticulate as a mouthful
of scalding gumbo, smart
as two left shoes, windier
than a kettle of my Uncle Larry’s
chili, one who talks
tough around the silver
spoon in his mouth
sane as an *****
grinders monkey, a real
Yankee Doodle Dandy
plenty handy with the girls
honest as the day is long
in Lapland in December
an hombre who knows
how it feels to be top rail
at breakfast, bottom rail
by bedtime, big hearted
to his legions of lessors
his betters nothing more
than vicious rumor, Lord
knows my first choice
Yosemite Sam
is also a cartoon.
