You’ve heard of Billy the Kid
Of the Dalton Brothers too
And many other outlaws
They were wicked through and through

But the wickedest of them all by far
According to my Uncle Claude
Was a famous female outlaw
Known as Mississippi Maude

She grew up on the River Boats
From the tender age of six
And learned to be a card sharp
And boy she knew some tricks

But one day on the river
A Dude called her a cheat
And Maude she used a pistol
And blew him off his seat

She fled the riverboat straight away
The Law in hot pursuit
And took off to the Bad-Lands
With her ill-gained loot

But as the cash soon went away
She took to robbing banks
More polite a robber was never seen
Always saying "Thanks"

After many years of crime
She put her guns away
And moved on to a city
Gone straight for a month and a day

She got a job in a major bank
Became Chief Accountant Maude
But yes you’ve already guessed it
She was finally done for Fraud

And so in Jail she lingered
Until that fateful day
Mississippi Maude lay right down
And then she passed away.  

February 26, 2006

The Week of February 26, 2006    
A Circle of Wind by Philip G. Bell     
A Gift of Snow by Philip G. Bell 
A Private Place by Philip G. Bell  
A Strange Tale by Philip G. Bell
A Valentine Song by Vibiesh   
Action by Sugandha Indulkar     
An Elegy to a Family House by Dr. Ram Mehta
Butterfly Kiss by Philip G. Bell  
Celebrating Motherhood by Lata Mishra 
Crazy Farm by Philip G. Bell  
Devilish Seeds by Dean Morris  
Farewell by Naiyer Mallick  
Goodbye by Annu Chopra  
In Sight of Table Mountain by Philip G. Bell 
Love by Sandhya Santoshkumar  
Mississippi Maude by Philip G. Bell 
October Nights by Philip G. Bell 
Paradoxical Paradigms by Dr Uma Asopa 
Poetess Unremembered by Soma Mukherjee  
Profile of an Old Shoe by Sonam Bhutia  
Silently Expressive! by Harihar Rai Jha  
Soil of New Orleans by Vasanta Athilat 
Soul Mate by Suniti Chandra Mishra  
The Church Bell by Vibiesh  
Time for Love by Sreenivasan  
Villanelle on Masks by Shernaz Wadia 

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