Austin

The city in the mid 60s
Was weird and wonderful
Full of characters not found
Elsewhere … at least in public.
Kids watched TV cartoon hosts
Packer Jack and Uncle Jay both
Reprobates from etiquette, civility,
Good taste, but hilarious to watch
Sitting around their TV set campfire
Stirring a pot of chuck wagon chilli
Cracking jokes with the moms who
Watched the show with their kids
And needed a good laugh to
Pass another day of kids
Kars, katastrophes and
Why not klowns so
Like Lady Anne
In Richard III
They could
Reach
Emotional
Bottom as TV
In Austin was as
Weird and wonderful
As the place they lived
Where another old
Cowboy at a pot
Of chilli camp
Fire ad in a
Husky raw
Voice
Asked them,
“How long has
It been since you
Had a cup of Wolf
Brand chilli?” Then
Laughed, looked mom
In the eye, and said,
“Well, that’s
Too long.”
Austin
In the
Mid-60s
Was like
The Big Bang
Theory in astronomy,
There was a big
Bang, only …
You weren’t
There.