When Bear Creek came to Chawed Ear

[ChrisLAdams]

Or maybe a more apropos thread title would be: When Bear Creek came to Lakewood!   

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"The contest between teams of 7-year-olds from Lakewood and Bear Creek took a violent turn ... when some parents apparently became angry at the game's 13-year-old umpire..."

Parents throw punches — not baseballs — in brawl at children's baseball game in Colorado

This article reminded me of my Breckenridge Elkins poem.  I took this opportunity to tweak it a bit, so it's a tad different than the original!  Funny stuff.

Ode to Breckenridge and Cap'n Kid

Ole Breck's ma wuz up before th' dawnin',
th' sun was still yawnin',
out on the porch, in under the awnin',
Pa was puffin' a pipe when he took a terrible maulin'

Cap'n Kid was known to kick and tear up th' sod.
to Breckenridge's applaud,
But that durn horse orter been outlawed,
when ma saw pa and yelled, "That ear's been chawed!"

[Von K]

You’re a dab hand at the slang rhyme Chris.

Heaven forfend you ever have to rhyme that deadly sound which causes even Cap'n Kid to grit his teeth, show the whites of his eyes and head for the hills:

Brek-in-riiiiiiiiiidge!

[ChrisLAdams]

Jul 5, 2019 12:03:20 GMT -5 Von K said:

You’re a dab hand at the slang rhyme Chris.

Heaven forfend you ever have to rhyme that deadly sound which causes even Cap'n Kid to grit his teeth, show the whites of his eyes and head for the hills:

Brek-in-riiiiiiiiiidge!

Ole Breckenridge, refused to budge a smidge
-he grit his teeth tight
-an' put up a fight
til maw saw her chance, an danced a war dance
an lowered his ears while he fidged