A young engine-driver called Hunt
Once took out his engine to shunt,
Saw a runaway truck,
And by shouting out, 'Duck!'
Saved the life of the fellow in front.-- Robert Conquest, collected here.
Grits in my tummy, my dice cubes hang
Beside me in my pickup truck
My can of Bud, my lit Marlboro, a spark that sprang
Ah, Omaha, the wilderness to start my day off with a bang.
Leni