Wednesday, June 5, 2013

I LOVE MY GREAT GRANDPA


My father told me a story tonight

About a personal family plight

His Grandpa, someone he never met

On his mother's side.

 

His name was Lajos -

Pronounced like: "LAY-USH"

Lived in Gyor, a farming town -

Just outside of Budapest

He ran liquor up and down

Made deliveries

Did his best.

 

One stormy night, he rode his cart

Drawn by two horses

In the dark.

Halfway there, he disembarked

The horses spooked

Left him aloft.

 

Lajos walked

Into the White Night

His horses, gone

No sign of light.

 

They found him days later

A'neathe a drift

100 feet from

A farmhouse and

Salvation.

 

His horses were home

Two days before.

They appeared without Lajos

At the barnyard door.

 

You Never Fucking Know.

 

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