AN EARLY EYE OPENER

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> "BECAUSE"</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-497/Because.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> sound control</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="food for thought 3 homepage"><B>BACK TO HOME 3</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK"><B>VISIT GUESTBOOK</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>BACK TO MEMORIES</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>SELECTION PAGE</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <div> <B>FOOD FOR THOUGHT MEMORIES</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#444444" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>AN EARLY EYE OPENER</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>AN EARLY EYE OPENER</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="19ceb560.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="342" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mr. Hardison at  age two</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="210" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1617 WIDTH="206"><bR> <div> "AN EARLY EYE OPENER"</div> <bR> <div> I was just a little tot in 1933</div> <div> when I was scooping pecans up</div> <div> beneath a neighbor's tree.</div> <div> It was to be a frightful thing,</div> <div> the worst I ever saw,</div> <div> for what appeared is what I feared,</div> <div> were agents of the law!</div> <div>  A cloudy gust of wind and dust</div> <div> brought them to  the scene,</div> <div> their sirens on with deafening tone,</div> <div> their lights were on high beam!</div> <div> I was so scared </div> <div> I never dared</div> <div> to move a single limb,</div> <div> for now I thought</div> <div>  that I'd been caught</div> <div> in my atrocious sin.</div> <div> It's a guilty thing </div> <div> that fear can bring</div> <div> but also bring respect,</div> <div> was when I saw the mighty law</div> <div> on-rushing to inspect!</div> <bR> <div> And in their flee when reaching me,</div> <div> kept going right on by.....</div> <div> into the house to aid a spouse</div> <div> whose husband went awry.</div> <div> Now from my fright to much delight</div> <div> I learned a lesson strong.</div> <div> From deep inside I now describe</div> <div> there's guilt in doing wrong,</div> <div> and from the pose from whence I froze</div> <div> I quickly slipped away,</div> <div> age six or so I came to know...</div> <div> that crime will never pay!</div> <bR> <div> William E. Hardison</div> <div> copyrights recorded</div> <bR> <div>   <div align="center"> <div style="padding:0px; border:1px solid #999999; width:235px; margin: 0px;background-color:#F2F4FA;"> <form action="http://pub2.bravenet.com/elist/add.php" method="post" style="margin:0px;"> <div style="background-color:#DBE0F5;padding:3px;font:12px arial;color:black;"><b>Join the Mailing List</b></div> <div style="margin:10px; font: 11px arial; color: black; text-align:right;"> <div style="margin-bottom:5px;">Enter your name and email address below:</div> Name: <input type="text" name="ename" size="25" maxlength="60" /><br> Email: <input type="text" name="emailaddress" size="25" maxlength="100" /><br> <input type="radio" name="action" value="join" checked style="border: 0px;"/>Subscribe  <input type="radio" name="action" value="leave" style="border: 0px;" />Unsubscribe  <input type="hidden" name="usernum" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="126720699" /><input type="hidden" name="cpv" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="1" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="GO" /></div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom:5px;"><a title="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" href="http://www.bravenet.com"><img src="http://assets.bravenet.com/cp/bn-elist.gif" alt="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" border="0"></a></div></form> </div></div>   </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="looking_back.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LOOKING BACK"><B>NEXT POEM</B></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>