
Jack-o-Legend written by Jimmie Verte
Once upon a time,
A nasty, greedy rummy,
A Regretting daredevil
For Eternity
As drunkard as foxy,
Jack was in a bar and
Jostled the wicked one
This has been his mistake,
How this will never end,
The serpent approached him
Proposed fiendish favors
Against this blacksmith soul,
About to succumb,
Before following him,
He asked for a last glass,
The devil granted him.
Stingy Jack made
Leviathan turns into coins
To pay the Tavernier
Although he kept them with
A cross in his pocket,
He possessed him on hand.
He used his position
For a proposition:
Return to his freedom,
A decade in exchange
After the acceptance
Jack released Lucifer
Ten years later,
Leviathan made his return
To take Jack away to hell
The man approved then
Pointed out a fruit tree
For the inferno guard
To bring him an apple
Satan climbed to the leaves,
Jack engraved with a knife
A cross in the tree bark
“Never take me to hell”
The devil granted him.
Once Jack’s life had ended
In the purgatory
Neither heaven nor hell
Opened to the sinner,
Neither Satan nor Saint Peter
Let Jack enter.
From this moment on
The Blue Marble was his cell,
Burning coal in a turnip,
Jack roamed through the night
Next Halloween,
You are going to remember,
Candles in your pumpkins,
Candies in your pockets,
This Irish legend, friend
Of Jack of the Lantern.
Poem written by Annette Rochelle Aben
Thanks for the opportunity! Most appreciated..
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It’s great you participated, Annette. 🙂 Good Luck
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