Hi Names Jebediah Claptrap I'm mighty sick and tired of raisin barns Churning butter, plowing fields, and raising 12 children So I struck out and found a life among the English First I was an Amish and now I am a day trader I used to drive a buggy pulled by a horse Now I have a Mercedes with a 445 horse engine Varoom! I still worship the lord But instead of working by the sweat of my brow in the hot sun I work in an air conditioned office in a luxury chair When asked if I miss the Amish life I used to have All I have to say is Nope!
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Posted: Nov 2015
About this poem:
A parody of a book I started to read called Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life by Ruth Irene Garrett.