- Dale Kidd
Six Ways From Sunday
Updated: Jul 13
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It was five before midnight
when she stepped off the bus
She pulled back her hair
and shouldered her purse
The welcoming committee
a thousand cicadas
On a southern humid night
in County Los Vardos
She stayed at a Red Roof
across from the bus stop
Breakfast was pancakes
over at IHOP
She rented a Buick
later that morn
Grace was headed for Wyatt
where she believed she was born
What do you do
when every clue
leads you further astray
puts obstacles right in the way
Officially that’s when we say
you’re six ways from Sunday:
One goes the wrong way
Two makes no sense to stay
Three’s a kinda grey day
Four you’re not OK
Five feels like come what may
Six says try a new play
Adopted at birth
she was seeking her mother
Research also hinted
there might be a brother
Pressing the doorbell
offered silent response
When she checked around back
she knew all at once
‘Cause there on a chair
slept her giver of breath
When the woman awoke
Grace saw she was deaf
Paper and pen were then
tearfully produced
A mother and daughter
at last introduced
What do you do
when every clue
leads you further astray
puts obstacles right in the way
Officially that’s when we say
you’re six ways from Sunday:
One goes the wrong way
Two makes no sense to stay
Three’s a kinda grey day
Four you’re not OK
Five feels like come what may
Six says try a new play
Rape of a teenager
was the start of the crime
A young foster family
was waiting in line
There was a half brother
turns out lived close by
When Grace met his children
their hugs made her cry
So Grace found her family
though the journey was long
She wouldn’t change a thing
now feels she belongs
Vacations down in Wyatt
gets treated real fine
After taking night classes
she has learned how to sign
What do you do
when every clue
leads you further astray
puts obstacles right in the way
Officially that’s when we say
you’re six ways from Sunday:
One goes the wrong way
Two makes no sense to stay
Three’s a kinda grey day
Four you’re not OK
Five feels like come what may
Six says try a new play
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