Crossing Over : One Man's Escape From Amish Life

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.

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