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De Felly Frog


by Peter Malakoff


 

 

Now

der be stories dat be tol for entertainment

and der be stories dat be tol for show

an dere be stories dat tol dat change a man

an lif his heart or bring it low

 

Now Der are stories dat yous forgets abouts

as soon as dey are tol

And dere be stories dat never leaves ya

growin wich ya till yar old

 

Dey grabs a holds of your liver

dey takes ya by de neck

dey touch ya in your innermost

becomes yar secret and yor pet

 

Dey trows a light out der befores ya

dey illuminates de past

dey makes de speedy slower

and dey makes de slowers fast

 

Dey brings a balance to your life

an dey trows it out of wack

and

dey makes ya all da wiser

and dey leaves ya split an cracked

 

An if dat crack of mind an heart

becomes a window to da Lord

a higher inspiration comes

in which His Love do shor nuff por

 

So let me become a channel

a river or a stream

an speak dis story here befores ya

Com on in to dis here dream

 

I'se calls it

 

Mukhi and the Trip to Nowhere?

or

De story of De Felly Frog

 

Now

One day da Felly frog was woozy

as he wen' upon his way

Fo' he did na have no money

and no place fo' him to stay

 

Oh He had sadness he had troubles

as he walked his Felly shoes

as he wen up to the rabbit

and he moaned his felly blues

 

Now da rabbit said Oh Felly frog

why do you moan and wail

Why do you pour dese troubles pon me

why you do you tell me dese sad tales

 

For in dis world deres always troubles

deys sometimes ones

deys sometimes twos

Ans Ise never heard no stories

bouts da life someones dont sometimes lose

 

I never heard no tales bouts livin

no stories sportin times

dat der aint be tears a' fallin

or no heartz be breakin rhymes

 why

Aint no livin without dyin Felly

aint no happiness at all

if you be goin up a mountain

you oft be sure you gonna fall

 

Taint no arguments worth winnin

dat someone aina' gonna lose

an

Taint no love songs dat dey be singin

if dey never heard the blues

 

So Felly dont you be complainin

as if dats truth youse spoutin here

for dis aint no Tea Im servin you

dat aint full of grace and cheer

 

Now get you gone

be on your way

and get on down dat road

Pick up your lips and smile

and lay down dat heavy load

 

Now De Felly he just shook his haid

and waggled his ten toes

and he tanked dat old brer Rabbit

for de tings dat rabbit knows

 

For de Felly he done seen de light

down de end dat woozy way

and he know dat he could go out now

into the world and play

 

So the Felly went off struttin

an a shakin all his stuff

But it just plain seemed of happiness

he cud na' get enuf

 

Fo' no matter how he tried and tried

to make it seem allrite

Da Felly done fel sumpin else

tryin to make it to de' lite

 

He oft felt sorrow all witin him

an he saw sadness all aroun

An' it sometimes seemd all bout his mouf

he kinda wore a frown

 

He tought bout wad dat rabbit tol' im

and how jus plain true it sur nuff be

But de Felly cud na find a way

to jus let hisself be free

 

But den one day out in de grasses

jus besides a litl' lake

de Felly fel hisself a bein watchd

and das when he met da' Snake

 

Now de Felly he don sur nuff knowd

dat a snake be trouble sur

But der plain was sumpin bout dis here one

dat made de Felly feel secure

 

So de Felly fel to thinkin

an considerin all his fate

But his heart id jus was pumpin

an his mind jus had to state

 

Dat dis plain jus cud na be a feelin

dat cud in any way be true

Fo der canna be no harmony

twixt ma Felly self an' you

 

But dat snake he was so charmin

so calm

so sincere

Dat de Felly fel his froggy heart

lay down its load of fear

 

He jus made all his learnin

a beginnin' wrongful lie

An of de snake he spectfully

an' sincerely did inquire

 

Wad be your name you muscle

you eel of land and fate

Wid dose eyes that seem so cold and hard

your name I beg you state

 

Now dose snake eyes dey jus blinked slowly

an den dat tail it did unwine

And a voice dat was all kindly

did break thru

an said dese lines

 

Snoozy Blue Snake is my appellation

(course it somhow seemd ta' rime)

An it sur nuff seems that everything

done come to me in time

 

I jus laze here in dis meadow

soakin sun an layin low

While al roun me de whol' livin world

does shake and shimmy go

 

Sometimes squirmin, sometimes squishin

sometimes rollin on da floor

sometimes jumpin, sometimes hoppin

sometimes flyin out da door

 

I'se seen all dese coms an goins,

all dose 'By now', 'How de do's

dat I jus caint for da lifes of me's

sees wats der is to lose

 

So I'se jus contents to be's myself

in soulful singularity

an in dat choiceless moments livin

Lord, I's sur nuffs do feels free

 

Now dat snake he was so restful

so still, so slow, so calm

Dat de Felly fel his froggy skin

as if rubbed by healin balm

 

His muscles seemed to loosin

dose Froggy toes dey did uncurl

an all his fretful thinkin

fell away into a blissful whirl

 

An den, jus at dat moment,

wen da Snake had had his way

He raised up in his striking pose

da Felly for to slay

 

But a glimpse of skin

a flash of light

a tremble in da grass

da Froggy jumped

da Snake he struck

Ol' Felly mos loss his ass

 

But he hopped away not knowin

surely

what had nearly jus transpired

Put some hoppin distance twixt dat Snake an him

as if der was a fire

 

An as he jumped on through da grasses

sometimes lef

an sometimes right

da strangest ting he'd ever seen

was movin into sight

 

It was shiny

it was glowin

it was sparkin ups and downs

it was furry and had ticklies

an it wore both laugh and frown

 

An every way it seemed to be

it also seemed to not

you cud na quite plain catch it

smell it

much less cook it in a pot

 

But midst all this celebration

dat was followin in its midst

dis conundrumed thing did stop somehow

an to the Felly did say dis

 

Mr. Froggy smooth skin

with bulgin eyes up on your haid

don't you see here wats youse ups to

or how close youse be's to bein daid

 

Dat ol snake it had you baffled

had you tied up in a bow

was puttin salt an pepper on your haid

was bouts to brings youse low

 

It jus hads youse so mixed up dere

a listenen to its tale

dats youse cud na hears your own hearts tellin yous

"Mr Froggy youse best bail "

 

Well tank you wen dat Froggy

and Bless you he den said

You saved my life for certain

without you surely I'se be daid

 

I'se be frog meat in a skillet

frog legs in da pan

dem ol' frog legs des be everywheres

cepts for beins wheres I'se am

 

You knows I'se comes across a rabbit

an I'se comes across a snake

but ofs yourself I surely

don't know whats der is to make

 

I still don know for certain

hows I'se comes to scapin free

cepts for dat blessin of your sparklin self

done takes a shine to me

 

Now all da wile dat froggy talkin

dat ting was sittin still

but when da froggy said dese las words

it started movin, if you will

 

It started flippin an a shakin

an a runnin in a groove

an den it jus plain stuttered

an its mouf did bust dis move

 

WHOOOOWE ain we prejudicial

an a selfish for to boot

nex ting you sure be tellin me

is where we stash da loot

 

Now I ain stealin from anybody

to make no other anybody rich

an I ain pushin one lil' froggy up an out

to put dat snake down in a ditch

 

Dat snake he was jus snakin

an you was froggyin your best

an I'se jus comes rollin longs here

an now youse tells me youse been blest

 

You sees I 'se omniprejudicial

course dat means nothin here at all

cepts dat whatever side youre takin

is a view dats one side small

 

Now dat ol snake he had his reasons

his causes an desires an

now he ain got no dinner

since what is has jus transpired

 

Now whos to say dat snake was mean

or bad down to da bone

Only a nitwit flapjack cracker haid

whose never lef his home

 

I ain in favors of you Froggy

an I an got nothin gainst da snake

but it always seems where'r I goes

strange tings of fate I make


Next chapter; The Omnivalent- who instead of feeling one thing at a time, feels all things all the time.



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