The Lemon Fair

from Indiscretions by Lance Le Grys

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one of these days I’m gonna cross this water
and man when I do
you’d better be hiding your daughter
or I’m gonna take her from you

the old man laughed and said I don’t want her
that’s the least of my fears
but son remember once you’ve got her
you’ve got to keep her there

she swore that she’d be his for life
but her words froze in the air
and now they lie beneath the ice
of the Lemon Fair

she wouldn’t look up when he called to her
girl ain’t your cheeks red
she knew damn well how he saw through her
so she just turned and said

boy if you walked all the way down
this river to the sea
you’d still never find your way around
to get to me

he laughed again and said ain’t you heard
I said I’m gonna walk across
she just grinned and said oh my word
my virtue’s cause is lost

she swore …

all spring long while the river ran
with the melting snow and rain
there by the water’s edge they’d stand
and wish it’d freeze again

when summer came the river slowed
but still too deep and wide
neither had a boat to row
to get to the other side

but when the leaves fell from the trees
and they heard that cold wind hiss
they both knew it soon would freeze
and they’d finally kiss that kiss

she swore …

and then at last as smooth as glass
that river froze to ice
and he called if I don’t fall on my ass
I can reach you know all right

they both ran out on that frozen river
to touch their hands at last
she took the ring he held to give her
and they held each other fast

but as the old man from the bank
smiled to see them meet
where they stood the dark ice sank
and broke beneath their feet

she swore ...

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from Indiscretions, released December 31, 2019

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