"Hambone Smith"

Hambone Smith was a longshoreman. He worked on a long shore, man. He also collected marbles. But one day, someone stole his marbles. He had lost his marbles! Which, in turn, caused him to lose his marbles. "I'll kill 'em!" he exclaimed about the marble thief.

He got lunch, then saw about the business of hunting this no-good ne'er-do-well down and gutting him like a fish. Although, there was also the matter of his pants hanging over his head: He had taken a number of pants to a man named Lee to have them let out because he was getting medically obese. And there had been no word in weeks as to the status of these pantalones.

As if he didn't have enough on his plate!

No, he would have to resolve this pant issue before he did any killing.

TO BE CONTINUED . . .