GRANDMA’S HOUSE
Summer vacation My destination Grandma's house Where if it thundered and lightened I sat quiet as a mouse With my cousins A minimum of a half dozen Of us at a time But it was always Me, Lisa and Sam Cookie, Sack and Pam Others would come and go Like Mup and Shannon Keith and Terrano We played jump rope Hopscotch and Mother may I? Sometimes it was so hot I thought I would die! But that didn’t stop us From playing Red light-Green light Or hide-and-go-seek I'm pretty sure someone Took a BB to the cheek We'd run and play All day long And sing silly sing-alongs Screen door slams "Now y'all stay in or out!" Grandma would say Cause she had the clout And extending from her hand A long thin switch And that thing hurt Like a son-of-a-bitch We played cards And shelled peas Ate neck bones And greens Shelled more peas Then butter beans We'd sneak in the barn To find Granddaddy's buck We played gin rummy Tump and pluck And games like Monopoly Life and Connect 4 And when that Chevy engine roared We'd catch Jim to the store We caught dragonflies by day And watched fireflies by night Sometimes we'd fight But we love each other Come what may I wish I could go back To those fun filled days Back to my favorite destination For summer vacation And sit quiet as a mouse At Grandma's house Simona A. Brinson
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