She wanted to be a contortionist,

But they didn't offer that as a major 

At East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma in 1963.

So she dropped out of college after one year

And married a chemical engineer 

She met while she was working 
At Ballard's Drive-in that summer.

He wound up moving her to a peanut farm in Texas,

Where she did contort herself

Forty ways to Sunday,

Raising three kids and trying to keep the rogue chemist in line.

"I always wanted to be a contortionist," 
I heard her say one time.

But they didn't offer that as a major 

At East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma in 1963.

They still don't.

-jenn