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| "MY HOBO STORY" |
| FROM THE PERSONAL POETRY COLLECTION OF SUSAN JANE KAHON |
| THIS POEM IS TAKEN FROM ACTUAL EVENTS FROM MY CHILDHOOD MY FASCINATION WITH HOBOS PERSISTS TO THIS DAY |
| WHILE TRYING TO GET HAPPY.. ON A SULTRY SUMMER DAY I WALKED DOWN TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO SPEND SOME TIME AWAY... I TOOK SOME FOOD WITH ME.. (I ALWAYS TOOK SOMETHING ALONG...) BECAUSE I SAT BEHIND THE TRACKS AND HEARD THE HOBOES SING THEIR SONGS THEY BUILT A FIRE DOWN THE LINE... THEY HAD COME FOR MILES..HAD HITCHED THE TRAIN ONE PLAYED THE HARMONICA THE OTHER PRAYED FOR RAIN... I BROUGHT ALONG SOME THINGS FOR I WAS JUST A LITTLE KID MY MAMA GAVE ME SANDWICHES FOR SHE KNEW JUST WHAT I DID... |
| I'D CALL FROM OUT BEHIND THE BRUSH AND ASK THEM..WILL YOU EAT? I'VE GOT SANDWICHES AND FRUIT AND STUFF AND I'VE EVEN GOT A TREAT.. MY MAMA, SHE MADE COOKIES.. SHE MADE THEM OH, SO GRAND.. CHOCOLATE CHIP AND PEANUT CRUNCH TO FEED OUR FELLOW MAN ONE BY ONE THEY CAME TO ME A SMILE UPON THEIR FACES. NO ONE EVER HURT ME THERE EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS GRACIOUS AND I WAS JUST A LITTLE GIRL.. NOTHING STOPPED ME THEN, NOTHING STOPS ME NOW FROM GIVING TO MY FELLOW MAN WHAT FATE DID NOT ALLOW GOD'S HOLY GRACE SUFFICES FOR I'VE SUFFERED MANY A LOSS.. BUT NO PAIN COMPARES TO WHAT HE HAD... WHEN HE DIED UPON THE CROSS. (DEDICATED TO MY FAVORITE HOBO) WRITTEN APRIL 6 2002 IC...U HAPPY BIRTHDAY MERLE HAGGARD copyright Susan Jane Kahon Recovered: Oct. 7th, 2023 Some Links & Counters may no longer be Active! |
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