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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