The Radio Play © Tony Fallon 012318

The Radio Play © Tony Fallon 012318

Tonight I’m auditioning for a radio play

Which will be broadcast next Tuesday

Each person does their own vocal

The topic has to be very local

Short stories will be the norm

But I’m allowed to use poetry form

I’ll recite about a man from near the Suck

Who showed in America a whole lot of pluck

Blinded in New York in an accident

He moved on despite this incident
Up in the Catskills he started farming

All who met him called him Prince Charming

For he never lost his lovely Irish brogue

Many said he was a Roscommon rogue

When he started farming many were in shock

They said how could a blind man handle stock

Starting off with ten hens he had eggs

Which he brought to town on steady legs

The income wasn’t much but provided daily bread

An to keep his clothes in order a needle and thread

A rabbit now and then provided meat

And he cut up fallen trees for winter heat

From breeding he soon had a large chicken flock

And to keep the chickens happy he bought a cock

Then he bought a cow and soon he had eight

And had the cleanest dairy in New York State

Joe always had a loving dog and he was protective

Trained by him they were all very effective

All kinds of animals loved this gentle man

Neighbors were good he had no pension plan

Signs on the road said Watch out for Blind Joe

Grownups talk of meeting him fifty years ago

He lived more than eighty years on this earth

And never did return to the land of his birth

Some people think the story of Joe is just a tale

But Joe would rather fight than quit a stubborn Irish Gael