Lake Fork Verne - Thedaytheyclearedsimstimber

^FSim?s had forty acres of ^Atimber Just a ^Bbquarter mile a ^Fway ^FThey harvested it last ^Awinter ^BbDad and I were ^Cthere that ^Fday

^FThey were doing the final ^Aclearing ^BbStacking slash and grubbin ^Fstumps ^FSaws and axes split the cold, cold ^Aair ^BbWagon ruts, skid marks ^Cmatted ^Fclumps

^FThe day they cleared Sim?s ^Atimber It ^Bbhad covered this ground for ^Fyears ^FA day that no one was a ^Awinner ^BbDad and I choked back the ^Ftears

^FIt had been a ^Alandmark ^BbFor farmers and passers- ^Fby ^FA haven for deer and creatures of the ^Adark ^BbEnuf to make a grown man ^Fcry

^FThe day they cleared Sim?s ^Atimber ^BbDad and I ^Cwere ^Fthere

^BbDad and I ^Cwere ^Fthere