Craig

 

Brothers are great friends there is no doubt. We were always doing things that got us in trouble. Since I was the oldest I took most of  the heat resulting in a lot of bustings right on my seat. So this poem to some may sound a bit dingy, but it’s just what really happened. We did a lot of things together so sometimes it may sound like a poem about us.

 

 

Craig

 

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Craig is my younger brother that grew up with me.
In the early years, sickly and quite thin was he.
His butt pucker string was much much too loose,
And stuff came out even when he did not choose.

 

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Mom had his string tightened and he felt much better.
His health was much improved and he became a go getter
When I was younger, my butt was busted once per week.
I don’t recall Craig ever getting a little slap on the cheek.

 

 

 

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Craig was Dads favorite son, that was absolutely so.
One time my Dad tried to bust me and I broke his little toe.
That was the last time he tried as I had grown big and tall.
Now we worked out our problems by yelling and that’s all.

 

 

 

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Occasionally, Craig and I had a few small little fights.
He was chasing me once into the house in broad daylight.
I ran in the house, slammed the door, with him son my ass.
He put his hand up and it went through the window glass.

 

 

 

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We loaded him up with his hand and arm cut up and sliced.
And went to the ER and the doctor stitched him up very nice.
This scared us to the core so our fighting ceased after that.
We became real good buddies and Craig got just a little fat.

 

 

 

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Dad found a cigarette butt, and asked Craig if he smoked it
Craig said no, but refused to tell him I smoked the cigarette.
Dad asked me and I said yes, I do smoke those awful things
He said no need to hide it, so I pulled out one and blew a ring.

 

 

 

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We hunted all over the many Texas Panhandle fields and lakes
Bagging quail, pheasants, ducks, geese and birds we could take.
We fished all over beautiful Lake Meredith and had so much fun
Catching Wall Eye, Bass, Crappie, Perch, and Catfish in the sun.

 

 

 

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Craig got his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tech like me.
He also went to work for Phillips Petroleum to make that money.
We talked a lot and often compared notes on our assignments.
We both made Phillips lots of money with our special refinements.

 

 

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 Craig went on a special diet and lost all of his fat
He met a young lady named Ronda and he liked that.
They fell in love and soon they went to Las Vegas at night
And got married together and started their new life right.

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Craig and I didn’t see each other to much after that time,
But we still got together some when we were in our prime.
We even took a long Cruise to Alaska which was really great.
The food was fantastic and excursions we took with our mates.

 

 

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By Bill

 

 

 

Craig digging into his birthday cake sometime after he got his pucker string tightened.

 

 

 

Craig and I when we wrestled and fought somewhat. I think I might have had a slight weight advantage.

 

 

Craig just starting to gain a few pounds, looking good there brother! He’s even got a name brand shirt instead of one made by our mother.  Spoiled I guess.

 

 

 

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Thanks for reading Craig,
Bill