Ma and Pa
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Pa was the exception
As family aged and left
The older in years he grew
Like the old wind blown home
The further right he leaned.
Ma shunned outward adorning
Pa mounted some used white walls
We kids could see trouble brewing
Ma said couldn’t you have turned
the whites in?
Everything we had was double even triple run
Shoes, clothes by generation passed on
Sears Roebuck pages read in outhouses
Everything both useful and sometimes
Even Entertaining.
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