General Poetry posted November 25, 2015

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Bill Schott

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a story poem

A chapter in the book People

Shoshone Flaming Melon

by Bill Schott

This story may seem an exaggeration,

a tale as tall as the sky;

but deals with a recent conflagration

that leveled a village nearby.

There was a fruit called the Melon from Hell, and

it grew in Death Valley at first;

then was transplanted by Zoey Magellan,

ignoring a Shoshone curse.

The melons grew huge and weighed 'bout a ton;

they couldn't be moved once full grown.

So Zoey would hollow them out, and once done,

would sell them as natural homes.

Centuries before this all took place

a Shoshone shaman named Mason,

cursed whoever would be so base

to take from the Shoshone nation.

He called on waianten to burst forth on felons

and take what the thief had around;

and so it happened that one day the melons

ignited and burned down the town.

The village was ruined, the melons were spewin'

flames 'til they all were but ash;

but Zoey skedaddled back home to St. Lou, and

was happy they all paid in cash.

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