July 13 The Dodge Van Fable

July 13

The Dodge Van Fable

One of the themes of the trip was storytelling. I suppose Glady was the

one of our number who took this to heart most frequently.

Glady says,

"My neighbor's Boston Terrier,

wasted to ribs and skin

for being a slave

to his mating instincts.

This neighbor raised pigs," she says,

"the pup would chase and mount,

pant and chase,

and chase and mount

and half of Custer county came

to see the pigs who never fattened up

for running from this shameless pet,

to hear the squeals of protest and at the

point of integration

they'd say, 'Oh my...

oh yes---

there's something

makes a statement

'bout breaking nature's

laws!'

An operation," Glady says, "saved the

neighbor's ham,

restored the Terrier to a healthy,

lazy domesticity,

sent all Custer county searching

barns and fields and pens for signs

that perversion breeds

perversion."

She winks and adds,

"Just another form of rouguing.

But they all came back heavy-hearted,

their beasts in order,

two by two:

bull and heifer, bore and

sow, ram and ewe."