Lou J. Klaiber

A CHRISTMAS VISIT
(Toombs County)

the blacktop is damn boring!
… Georgia lives on a red dirt road.

“MA IT’S OL CAL………… OHHHHHH
DAMNNN YER HIDE BOY

COME ON HERE AND SET A BIT!”

the roads are red clay
where the good folks live.

“OHHH MERCIFUL JESUS… I NEVER EVER
THOUGHT I WOULD SEE YOU AGAIN… CAL!”

all I had was two jars of scuppernong shine.

“THANK YA SON… AWWWWW
THANK YA… MA!!!
MAAAAA!
LOOKA HERE… (LAFFIN)

I still cry sometimes
wonderin’ why Clayton died

why blacktop is boring and why ol’ Georgia still lives
on a red dirt road.

listenin’ to a Father who cries out
in laughter… and then in tears

for a Son
who will never come home.