elane liked *******
and quite possibly ******
and what ever they called ****
in the late 70's/early 80's
she had a daughter named franny
who i played with
and a husband named glen
who she cheated on when he was out
milking the cows
all the milkers smoked cigarettes
and lived in mobile homes down the hill
from us
except for max who went to church with us
my dad offered him a job while he was in jail
i think he turned himself in for some crime
when he got saved
my dad always liked to hire ex-convicts
because he was a firm believer in grace and mercy
and second chances
anyways, once franny and i got into a fight
about our dads
she said her dad was the boss,
which was confusing to me because
i thought my dad was the boss
we both got mad and cried
i used to pick up the cigarette butts
that the milkers had left in some dried out mud puddle
(i was five or younger so give me a break)
and pretend i was smoking
since my parents were united pentacostal
i was taught all about the glorious
tribulations and persecutions that i would have to live
through before jesus raptured us all to heaven
before i was old enough to be terrified
i pictured myself as being left behind
smoking cigarettes, hiding out in trees
kind of looking forward to it
whenever i would go over to franny's place
we would watch cartoons. scooby doo was my favorite
my parents didn't have a tv, so franny's was where it was
at for me.
elane would come out of her bedroom and yell at
franny to turn the tv down because she was trying to sleep
franny was always telling me how her mommy
had an owie in her nose
later on, glen quit
and moved away with franny and elane
and the mobile home they had lived in
burnt down
Jul 8, 2017
Jul 8, 2017 at 7:23 AM UTC
elane liked *******
and quite possibly ******
and what ever they called ****
in the late 70's/early 80's
she had a daughter named franny
who i played with
and a husband named glen
who she cheated on when he was out
milking the cows
all the milkers smoked cigarettes
and lived in mobile homes down the hill
from us
except for max who went to church with us
my dad offered him a job while he was in jail
i think he turned himself in for some crime
when he got saved
my dad always liked to hire ex-convicts
because he was a firm believer in grace and mercy
and second chances
anyways, once franny and i got into a fight
about our dads
she said her dad was the boss,
which was confusing to me because
i thought my dad was the boss
we both got mad and cried
i used to pick up the cigarette butts
that the milkers had left in some dried out mud puddle
(i was five or younger so give me a break)
and pretend i was smoking
since my parents were united pentacostal
i was taught all about the glorious
tribulations and persecutions that i would have to live
through before jesus raptured us all to heaven
before i was old enough to be terrified
i pictured myself as being left behind
smoking cigarettes, hiding out in trees
kind of looking forward to it
whenever i would go over to franny's place
we would watch cartoons. scooby doo was my favorite
my parents didn't have a tv, so franny's was where it was
at for me.
elane would come out of her bedroom and yell at
franny to turn the tv down because she was trying to sleep
franny was always telling me how her mommy
had an owie in her nose
later on, glen quit
and moved away with franny and elane
and the mobile home they had lived in
burnt down
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