A Redneck Wins the Lottery

A Redneck Wins the Lottery

A Poem by Elton Camp
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Rufus was suddenly flush with cash.

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A Redneck Wins the Lottery

 

By Elton Camp

 

A house trailer is the only place Rufus did live

For a house he never had down payment to give

One day, all that poverty disappeared in a flash

He won the state lottery and was rolling in cash

 

For the first time, he could have things his way

Since for anything we wanted he was able to pay

So Rufus rushed out and bought a suit of clothes

“Throw away these rags.  I’ve no need of those.”

 

He went to a snooty restaurant for a fine meal

“Much better than McDonald’s it does feel.”

Rufus bought a mansion in an upscale place

For to live poor he now thought was a disgrace

 

And it made rich Rufus feel especially keen

When he bought a Cadillac stretch limousine

So a reminder of his former life wouldn’t lack,

He had a fifth-wheel trailer mounted to the back

 

 

© 2011 Elton Camp


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Elton Camp
Elton Camp

Russellville, AL



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I am retired from college teaching/administration and writing as a hobby. My only "publications" are a weekly column in our local newspaper. Most of my writing is prose, but I do produce some "poetr.. more..

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