"DADDY JERRY"

This poem was written for my three great grand daughters to give their Daddy for Christmas, 2008. It goes like this:-----AT THE END OF A RAINBOW, YOU WILL FIND A POT OF GOLD---AT THE END OF A STORY, YOU WILL FIND IT'S ALL BEEN TOLD---LOVE IS A TREASURE AND YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND---THAT WE LOVE DADDY JERRY, UNTIL THE END OF TIME---AT THE END OF A RIVER, THE WATER STOPS IT'S FLOW---AT THE END OF A HIGHWAY, THERE IS NO PLACE LEFT TO GO---AT THE END OF A POEM, YOU WILL FIND THE LINES ALL RHYME---AND WE LOVE DADDY JERRY UNTIL THE END OF TIME---KAYLEIGH FAITH AND AVEARAYE AND LITTLE SARA JO---HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU WE WANT YOU TO KNOW---DADDY JERRY IS OUR HERO AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN BLESSED---OF ALL THE DADDIES IN ALL THE WORLD, DADDY JERRY IS THE BEST.....This is TWO TEXAS PAWPAW, signing off.

"I GAVE A MAN A RIDE"

AS I TOPPED THE HILL, THE HIGHWAY RAN DOWN THROUGH A SMALL VALLEY AND AS I STARTED DOWNWARD, I NOTICED A MAN ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD THUMBING FOR A RIDE-----I NOTICED HIS COLLAR WAS TURNED UP, HE HAD RHINESTONES ON HIS SHIRT, BLACK CURLY HAIR SORTA SLICKED BACK, FINGERS FULL OF RINGS, CARRYING A GUITAR, AS I PULLED UP BY HIS SIDE-----NEED A LIFT I ASKED AND HE ANSWERED THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOT IN THE FRONT SEAT, AND I SAID HAVE YOU BEEN OUT HERE FOR A VERY LONG SPELL-----HE ANSWERED YES SIR, BEEN WALKING ALL DAY, NO ONE WOULD STOP TIL YOU CAME ALONG, I SPENT LAST NIGHT BACK AT A PLACE CALLED HEARTBREAK HOTEL-----WHERE YOU HEADED I ASK, HE SAID TRYING TO GET HOME, I BEEN GONE A LONG LONG TIME AND I LIVE JUST UP AHEAD AND HE POINTED TO THE NEXT STATE, THE STATE OF TENNESSEE-----I SAID, YOUR FOLKS THERE, HE SAID NO, FOLKS ARE ALL GONE, JUST NEED TO GET BACK AND TAKE CARE OF THE PLACE, HE LOOKED ABOUT 43-----HE SAID, I'M NOT SURE WHO IS LIVING THERE NOW, MAYBE NEW FOLKS OR MAYBE SOME GUYS FROM MY OLD BAND-----BUT NEVERTHELESS, I KNOW I CAN GET IN, I HAVE A KEY TO THE FRONT DOOR OF GRACELAND---THE WORD GRACELAND GOT MY ATTENTION AND I ASK HIM, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE---HE SAID, WELL, I'M NOT WHO I USE TO BE OVER 30 YEARS AGO, BACK THEN I WAS A STAR-----WE FINALLY ARRIVED IN MEMPHIS, THE REST OF OUR TRIP WAS QUIET, AND AS WE PULLED UP IN FRONT OF THE MANSION, TWO IRON GATES SWUNG OPEN WIDE-----HE SHOOK MY HAND, THANKED ME, LEFT A SCARF ON THE FRONT SEAT, WENT UP THE WALK, OPENED THE FRONT DOOR AND WENT INSIDE-----I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY AND I'M NOT ONE WHO WOULD EVER QUESRION A THING-----BUT I DO KNOW THAT GRACELAND WAS ALIVE THAT NIGHT WHEN ONCE AGAIN THEY HEARD HIM SING-----WHETHER YOU BELIEVE MY STORY OR NOT, I'LL TELL IT AND I'LL TELL IT WITH PRIDE-----AND I'LL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF THAT DAY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, I GAVE A MAN A RIDE--------This is Two Texas PawPaw, signing off.

"A FRIEND"

I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN MEETING A FRIEND FOR THE FIRST TIME---THERE CAN NEVER BE AN ENJOYABLE SECOND MEETING UNLESS THE FIRST MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN A PROFESSIONAL, RESPECTABLE, HONORABLE, TRUTHFUL AND KIND MANNER ON MY BEHALF.....Two Texas PawPaw