A Tale With A Twist

He had thought about what he'd like to do
So he set out to find the job he'd sought~
Always wanted to live and work in the country
And he had a good working report~
He eventually applied for an outback job
GROOM is what it said in the add~
Loving horses he rang and secured the job
It was to be the very job he wanted bad~
A GROOM WANTED is what the add it said
Must be available for long term~
Must be able to give it all he had to give
With an ability if needed to learn~
They told him to come to them a week earlier
So they can show him the ropes~
Able to take on another mans job it said
A thinker not a position for dopes~
He packed all of his working gear
And some nice things he loved the most~
And could not wait to get there
Some place called The Hitching Post~
He spent a day with his mates bragging
About what he was about to do~
The job I've always wanted
He told them it is true~
He arrived in the town of this place
And like told gave them a ring~
They told him to wait right where he was
They'd be right there to come see him~
Before we go out to the job they said
We are going over to the pub called the Mary May~
And there we'll have a few drinks young mate
You'll feel more at home that way~
They got him ever so drunk over time
Told him he was just the one the boss was looking for~
And Drunk as anyone could possibly be
They then rushed him out of the door~
Put him into an old car
And off they flew down the road and all~
Out of town a good few miles
And pulled up outside a outback country hall~
Still drunk they then rushed him into the hall
And once there and then inside~
They rushed him up to a man in a shawl
Looking at him all seemed so satisfied~
Gave him another drink there and then~
And the next thing that he knew~
He woke up next morning in a shanty
Wondering what was he about to do~
He was a groom and that's for sure
But now there laying by his side~
Was the ugliest woman he'd ever seen
His already pregnant bride~

Terrence Michael Sutton
Copyright 2008

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