The Lollipop

Greeting Hairballers,

A little something on life’s injustices and how the universe puts in the fix if we are patient and allow it to happen.

The Lollipop©

         FMHorner

Down at the church fair

Mr. Milfred had set up a stand

where you threw baseballs

at empty beer cans.

Guess he drank the beer

for religious purposes,

being that he was so holy and all.

Right!

If you knocked down all ten,

you won first prize, a stuffed bear,

if you got only three

he’d give you a lollipop.

Well, I sure wanted that bear

‘cept I never was good a throwing baseballs,

still I plunked down my 50 cents,

straightened up and took aim--

those balls weren’t goin’ anywhere near those cans,

but I did manage three

and won me a big orange lollipop,

biggest one I’d ever seen.

Then Aunt Lucille took it from me

and gave it to Mary Sue

‘cause she had her face all screwed up

and was startin’ to bawl.

I hope she chokes on the thing,

but only after it gets stuck

on Aunt Lucille’s fancy dress

and ruins it.

Fast-forward to the future, where life has a way of settling scores if we’re willing to be patient and wait--

Mary Sue now weighs between 400 and a ton, and is still wringing her hands and complaining.

The narrator pitches for the Yankees.

Motivation comes in many guises. 

Hairballs,

F

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