A Redneck Intellect

A Redneck Intellect

Written by: T. L. O’Neal

 

Met someone the other day

That thought she was cool

Funny being that…

She hardly made it out of school

 

She was quoting this and that

From forwards to back

The whole damn time

Showing her plumber’s crack

 

She spoke of the philosophy of Plato

And Willie Nelson alike

Talked of great things she could do

Even dogs she could psyche

 

She thinks she’s better at writing

Than Shakespeare or Poe

To hear her talk about it

She’s even better than Marlowe

 

Learned it all at the school

Of hard-a*s knocks

While sitting on a stump

Picking at her socks

 

Writing on such deep subjects

As puppies and kittens

While planting pot

In the corner of her kitchen

 

Living in a psychedelic dreamland

From all the drugs once used

While dwelling in a private little world

In a place in her head unused 

 

She said I looked like Jesus

In her delusional haze

It must be really tough

Living in a perpetual daze

 

Now I’ve been in the nut-ward

More than several times over

But she needs it more than I

Her and that old dog Rover

 

How can I debate

Such a literary mind

I don’t have the skills

Or a plumber’s crack behind

 

I couldn’t help but laugh

At all of her ditties

Being that she was burnout

Sometime in the sixties

 

Such a brilliant mind

Should never be a waste

It still fills up the head

If even misplaced

 

You just can’t stop someone like that

Don’t even try to object

When you’re talking with

A redneck intellect

 

Reviews

[Hawksmoor]

LOL. Cool.



She was quoting this and that
From forwards to back
The whole damn time
Showing her plumber�s crack


THis stanza mad eme start over. By the time I got to this point, it was flowing like a river, and I hadda experience that again. I read this twice before I wrote this, and I gotta say, I think I'm gonna end up reading it again. Laughter is needed in the world a lot more than people think. Good looking out on this.

Hawksmoor...From The Bleed.

[Lola Nation]

what a wonderful break to my day!

[Bedlam The Gypsy]

I adore this! I see a cute little old lady, and I've talked to more than a few who fit right into this piece! This is hilarious, mostly because I can relate. I'm going to have to share this!

It still fills up the head
If even misplaced

I thought this flubbed the flow a little "Even if.." might've worked a little better. But other than that, you rocked it!

The whole damn time
Showing her plumber�s crack

CLASSIC! What a visual! (One, of course, not many- if any, would like to have!)

[Manic{poor}minotaur]

great, this made me laugh