Hi Sue,
This ruint figure is a universal one and well portrayed.
bw
James
>From: Sue Scalf <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Ruint, corrected spelling
>Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:58:35 EDT
>
> Ruint
>
>She smoked cigarettes behind the barn,
>snuck a drink of her daddy's whiskey,
>read "God's Little Acre"
>before the rest of us,
>and was way too popular with the boys,
>got stamped at post office
>more than any girl should.
>She wore off-the-shoulder blouses,
>skin tight jeans and an ankle bracelet.
>Lawd, we admired her, but truth is
>she was already doomed.
>Her parents were divorced!
>Her granddaddy hid his liquor
>in chicken feed sacks.
>We saw it coming, knew in fact
>she was going down a path
>no decent girl would go.
>Ah, well, at fourteen she was pregnant,
>left this town and never came back.
>That's what happens when you're ruint.
>
>Sue Scalf
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