Eyeing little girls with bad intent.
Snot running down his nose --
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Drying in the cold sun --
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Feeling like a dead duck --
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck.
Sun streaking cold --
An old man wandering lonely.
Taking time
The only way he knows.
Leg hurting bad,
As he bends to pick a dog-end --
He goes down to the bog
And warms his feet.
Feeling alone --
The Army's up the road
Salvation ala mode and
A cup of tea.
Aqualung my friend --
Don't you start away uneasy
You poor old sot, you see, its only me.
Do you still remember
December's foggy freeze --
When the ice that
Clings on to your beard is
Screaming agony?
And you snatch your rattling last breaths
With deep-sea-diver sounds,
And the flowers bloom like
Madness in the spring.
Feeling alone --
The Army's up the road
Salvation ala mode and
A cup of tea.
Aqualung my friend --
Don't you start away uneasy
You poor old sot, you see, its only me."
AQUALUNG, by Jethro Tull
Rest in peace, my friend. I'm sorry for speaking harshly to you last week. I'm sorry I never took you to your home after Karing Kitchen after you found the trailer out on the west side of town. I'm sorry for the hard, hard life you lived. I want you to know that many people did love you, even when we didn't show it well enough, and, more importantly that God's love is eternal and constant. I hope we were able to offer you at least "salvation ala mode and a cup of tea". Rest in peace, my friend.
Man Killed When Trailer Crashes Into Bus Stop.
A man was killed and another injured Friday afternoon when a trailer loaded with a truck and bulldozer broke away from a tow truck and slammed into the bus stop.
The deceased is Clayton Allen, 47 of Tyler, police said. Bruce Williams, 46, of Tyler, was transported to Mother Frances Hospital. Williams is expected to recover, said information from Sgt. Darrin Grissom.
Williams was treated in the emergency room and discharged, a nursing supervisor at the hospital said.
Both men were waiting at the city of Tyler bus stop located on Texas Highway 110 just south of Loop 323 just after 5 p.m., police said.
A northbound tow truck was pulling a goose-neck trailer loaded with a truck and bulldozer when the trailer got loose and careened out of control smashing into the nearby bus stop during afternoon rush-hour traffic, police said.
No others were in the bus stop at the time and no other vehicles were involved, police said.
Allen was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Traffic was blocked for several hours.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation. No charges had been filed Friday night in connection with the accident.
2 comments:
I too knew Shadow. Before his legs got unstable he helped out with lawn work at a center I used to direct. Then we lost touch. If possible could you post information on funeral arrangements?
A Friends' Memorial Service for Clayton "Shadow" Allen will be held at the Downtown Benevolence Center, 215 S Bonner, Sunday, August 16 at 6:00 p.m. Shadow was a disabled man who was a long-time visitor to the Karing Kitchen and who frequented the street corner in front of the Chick-Fil-A on the Troup Highway. He was killed there Friday evening, August 7, in a freak traffic accident. His family has not been located, but his friends are holding this memorial service and everyone is invited. Contact Greg Grubb for more info, 903-530-7794.
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