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Poems - The Ballad of Cindy Lou Mason
| | The Ballad of Cindy Lou Masonby Julie
On the Fourth of July a young girl died.
“How could this happen?” a small town cried.
She was only fifteen, pretty and shy,
poised on life’s threshold, ready to fly.
Two boys were accused, for they’d been seen
at the Linton carnival, with the girl in-between.
Polling and Deckard were the young boys names
who began that searing night planning terrible games.
They say games are for playing and playing’s to win.
But for Cindy Lou Mason the game turned into sin.
Fate decided that night, three young lives it would fuse
but the game would end badly and three would lose.
Both boys fled the county and even the state
but realized that capture would soon be their fate.
A month later they caught them and heard one’s confession.
Polling, it seemed, had learned a lesson.
He said, “I’m sorry that I killed that girl.”
That’s when justice began to go into a whirl.
For when both were brought back and began to stand trial
the confession had strangely turned into denial.
They say games are for playing and playing’s to win.
But for Cindy Lou Mason the game turned into sin.
Fate decided that night, three young lives it would fuse
but the game would end badly and two would lose.
Now according to Polling, Deckard gave him the rap.
He agreed at first, then realized the trap.
“Deckard did it!” he stated, “But told ME to confess
for I had no record and it would hurt me the less.
Deckard told me that I was as guilty as he.
Said we’d both just go to the reformatory.
I believed him until I got legal advice
and learned that I’d taken a bad roll of the dice.”
They say games are for playing and playing’s to win.
But for Cindy Lou Mason the game turned into sin.
Fate decided that night, three young lives it would fuse
but the game would end badly and one would lose.
The jury had no choice, by law was restricted
so without a confession, Deckard was not convicted.
Michael Poling confessed and that’s all the law needed.
The jury knew their instructions and that’s what they heeded.
Perhaps Cindy began it as a rebellious lark,
entering that abandoned house freely, after dark.
Perhaps she was having the time of her life
until she caught sight of the gleaming blade of a knife.
No one knows what really happened on that hot July night
or at what point poor Cindy began to fight.
but one thing is certain, when those two boys fled,
they left Cindy Lou Mason, battered, bleeding and dead.
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Very good story-tell
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by waracer on Friday, May 15, 2009 (22:09:21) |
Very good story-telling in verse Julie. It gave me shivers though and reminded me too much of the Natalie Holloway case in Aruba! The loss of life is such a crime and so depressingly wasteful. - Ace
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Re: Very good story-tell
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by Julie on Thursday, June 11, 2009 (00:31:31) |
Hi Ace...please forgive the loooong delay in answering. Real life interfered. Sorry I gave you shivers...but sorta glad too.. ;0)
Thanks for the comments Ace.
;0)
Julie
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Nice set of rhyming
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by Ozymandias on Friday, May 15, 2009 (23:57:50) |
Nice set of rhyming verses in the old style woven together well to paint a rather harrowing story.
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Re: Nice set of rhyming
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by Julie on Thursday, June 11, 2009 (00:28:43) |
YUP....I am THIS late in some of my responses and thank yous! See....I'm this way in all I do...just horribly sporadic. Thanks, Rory. I"ll keep this one short.
;0)
Julie
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'Ms J' What a sad sa
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by dav.smith on Saturday, May 16, 2009 (04:17:25) |
'Ms J' What a sad sad poem. If only the dead could speak. You are a true master of the pen. I tip my to you.dAVE
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Re: 'Ms J' What a sad sa
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by Julie on Thursday, June 11, 2009 (00:21:09) |
Awww...thanks, Dave. Once again. but master I'm sure not! Does 'wannabe master' count, though? ;0)
Julie
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Julie, you are adept
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by Jayelle on Saturday, May 16, 2009 (06:44:27) |
Julie, you are adept at various types of poetry it seems. This is indeed read like a ballad, and a tragic , horrific one it is. Good job. J.
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Re: Julie, you are adept
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by Julie on Thursday, June 11, 2009 (00:15:38) |
Joanie...thanks my friend. once again. true horror story of years ago.
Julie
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G'day Julie...
A be
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by liarbird on Saturday, May 16, 2009 (20:48:43) |
G'day Julie...
A beaut ballad Julie on a sad and traumatic subject.
The message is good and should be heeded. If you do the crime you do the time...and when realization sets in that's when evil starts to turn on itself.
Well done Julie...I enjoyed your ballad.
Lindsay
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Re: G'day Julie...A be
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by Julie on Thursday, June 11, 2009 (00:08:39) |
Aw..thanks Lindsay, for letting me know you enjoyed this. This was completely a true life event..and I remember I was really upset about it, although I had never met any of the players in the deed.
Appreciated, once again!
;0)
Julie
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Re: The Ballad of Cindy Lou Mason
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by Tessie on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 (03:20:37) |
My dad served on this jury. Beautifully told.
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Re: The Ballad of Cindy Lou Mason
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by Julie on Saturday, January 26, 2013 (21:40:42) |
Tessie! I was reviewing some of my old works and just happened to notice the date on your comment. Sorry for the looong delay in my acknowledgement, but I had not updated my email and I had stopped getting notifications. I have been so immersed in my photography that I just didn't take the time to go get it fixed. Anyway, thank you so much for the comment and happy you liked it. I guess we probably live only about an hour apart. I never did anything with this poem...A reporter for a Newspaper found it somehow and contacted me for permission to use it for an article he was writing about the impending release from prison of one of those men, I can't remember which one. Anyway..I did give permission, but had a bit of an uneasy feeling that it might have some bad repercussions. Never did. I don't even know if the reporter published the poem, I imagine he did not. Well thanks again. I would love to know your dad's take on the trial and how difficult or easy it was to make a decision. Thanks again, Tessie!
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