Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 10:16 am

countyfairpoem #2

here we are at the yearly walworth

county fair the grandkids sang again

in the junior american idol show

should’ve won we suggested to a

harried judge all finalists get

certificates they worked so hard

nachos brats elephant ears soothed

us I spotted the lamb kabob booth

too late this time we hit the barns

first monster turkey toms hens smaller

all with numbers on their backs like

marathon runners number 64 had laid

an egg the rabbits and cavis still a draw

we lost wyatt in the swine barn after

watching a blue-ribbon winner eat and

pee at the same time for me the best part

was the judging of dairy goats brown

and white kids like I had when I was

a kid now the grandkids are onto the

rides hideous at hideous prices this

fair is one hundred sixty years old I

was six in this spot when I learned

any ride but the merry-go-round

and ferris wheel made me puke my

daughter number two was six when

she reeled out of the fun house crying

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