Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Where I was born


 
Early home

The old house was home to me 
Seventeen years there I lived 
First breath I took, fresh farm air 
 
Reading lights there we had none
No one was afraid of dark,
except for one little boy
 
My trip at night outhouse bound
Little sis was my escort
We had hope for the flashlight
 
Four room house, sis needed one  
The front porch became my room
For sister I didn't mind
 
Corn cob stove, later fuel oil
Kerosene lamps, then came juice
Outhouse filled up, bathroom came
 
Raccoons and snakes made their home
Elm trees growing in my porch
And then it was razed and burned
 
A hundred plus, house had lived
Perfect place a boy to grow
Little sister, Mom and Dad 
 
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Today I am  linked with Helen at the Real Toads, All About Abodes
 
A rundown of the old home place, here

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