MS. RATCHET JAW
By Ken Blue
I encountered a lady the other day
Her verbosity left me in a daze
I tried to say a word, but would not be heard
She blasted me with every verbal phrase
She’d ask me a question and answer it quickly
She had no time for silence or pause
I said; as I held my head
“There’s something wrong with her jaws!”
A sky scraper was burning across the street
A mother and child leaped to their death
But, Ms. Ratchet Jaw never saw,
Nor did she stop to take a breath
Al-Qaeda bombed the Twin Towers
The buildings came tumbling down
But she was on a roll and would not be told
“It’s time to get out of town!”
Black clouds gathering in the sky
A freeze blew in on the wind
But Ms. Racket Jaw waited for the thaw
And started all over again
In one day I learned world history,
Wind velocity and criminal law
And she was unaware that I was even there,
And I learned it all from Ms. Ratchet Jaw
Some are predestined to listen
Others, predestined to talk
So if you’re inclined toward peace of mind
Beware with whom you walk
By Ken Blue 4/13/2006
Pastor Ken Blue was born in Boswell, Ark. In 1955 he accepted Christ as his Savior. He and his wife Joyce were married in 1955. They have 5 children. He graduated from Midwestern Baptist Bible College in 1969 and started the Open Door Baptist Church in Lynnwood, Wa. where he pastored for 39 years. Because of health issues (ALS) he was forced to resign as pastor. It is his desire to continue to be used of God to help pastors and believers through this ministry.