One Minute Wit

Proud Mary

After The Song Ends

Sophia

-1968-

I had just left a good job in the city. I was tired of working for the man every night and day. I headed south, hitching rides. Eventually, I ended up in Louisiana.

I worked a few jobs but hated them and quit. I started getting a little worried about cash. Then I met a bunch of people on the river who were happy to give.

Oh, happy day!

Until I discovered a riverboat named Proud Mary. It was a floating casino!

Well, let me tell you. People on the river are happy to take, also. They took all the money the other river people gave me. And when the other river people found out I gambled away the money they gave me, they weren’t so happy to give anymore.

I ended up back in New Orleans pumping gas.

Not cool, river people. Not cool.