Old Scatterbrain



Folks around town always laughing called him Old Scatterbrain 'cause I guess he couldn't remember anything, locked his keys up in the car and went to church on Sunday wearing socks that didn't match (wife dead, kids all moved away) 'till one day I guess he just got tired of it all, got tired of living I guess - walked out in his backyard with a cup of coffee and a shotgun sat down in one of the lawnchairs put the barrel in his mouth and pulled the trigger.

After that, folks around town never laughing called him Old Scatterbrain again.




Mark Christopher Eades
Buckeye AZ, 1997


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