Memories of the Depot Man

Down on a depot platform,

Bathed in the bleak wintry breeze,

Shy long ago of its contents,

With nothing inside it to freeze;

Shy long ago of its contents,

Drained of its last amber dreg,

Bungless and beerless and friendless,

Stands an empty eight gallon keg.

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She—You married me for love and got it.

Old Foggie—You married me for money and got it.

She—I’ll tell the world I earned it.

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