Fuga

  • Fuga

    Hell was a noonday in the old ‘CF

    and me and the boys of the routine had grown sick

    so we took upon a plan to flesh out the old rats

    the ones with the NCR bear on their backs.

    It began like this: we had dynamite

    And all that lay between us and the rifles was a flimsy wooden frame

    So I guess in the end, it coulda only gone one way.

    It was three days in the summer

    Three days was all it took

    Three days of hot hell and skin like eggs cooked.

    The three of us, we roused up the men,

    As we returned from a day of hard labor

    They were just as tired as us, those men

    Those convicts, those prison cell neighbors.

    As we turned back from a day on the rails

    Ol Jack had the dynamite in his hands

    Those of us closest to the guards, those of us with hammers and nails,

    Took after the bugs to begin our great plan.

    We got them down easy enough

    A short scuffle was all that was required to rough up their heads,

    And we returned to the ‘CF, this time without handcuffs.

    The guards saw us coming and raised the alarm,

    They ran for the armory, “The rifles we need!”

    But the lazy old guards had not our aplomb,

    And so we reached the place first,

    Jack and Manny holding off guards with fisticuffs.

    We lit the first dynamite, and the weak little door

    Caved in under the 19th century C4.

    We got to the rifles with a whoop and a holler,

    We’d surely now escape this hot squalor.

    The guards all retreated, we yelled with glee

    We’d planned to stay and fight,

    But they’d all decided to flee.

Comments

4 Comments
  • Sotek
    Sotek   ·  March 16, 2016
    Nice to see a few more pieces from Fallout.
    The ending made me laugh, nicely done.
  • ProbsCoolerThanYou
    ProbsCoolerThanYou   ·  March 13, 2016
    Thanks Phil, and likewise!
  • Paws
    Paws   ·  March 13, 2016
    Loving your work Probs!
  • ShyGuyWolf
    ShyGuyWolf   ·  March 13, 2016
    Great poem about the powder gang.