Effie

Effie, the schoolmarm,
cared for her mom
all her life.

Effie wore
eight to ten
dresses.

Effie peeled
them off
one by one

and sat down
to eat
with people.

Effie always
had dirty hands
when she ate.

Effie had
a sawed off shotgun
under  her dresses.

Effie pick
her nose
when she took food.

Effie courted
a fat man
and

stood
in the middle
of roads,

stopping cars.
Local legends never
had her shoot anyone.