Miss Comportment | Marjorie Hughes

Marjorie presses pause.

Today, dear reader, I write in verse

As I feel the notion of rest to be a curse.

Unless I sit quietly

And meditate non-stop,

My brain, dear reader,

Might simply just pop!

The Week That Was

Saw nothing resolved.

But isn’t that why we’re here?

To evolve?

Elyse met with Carson

For an “innocent” drink

While expressing her distain

For what I think.

We got to know Carson

And the source for his wealth.

As if he could keep

That truth to himself.

Wanda cited Cassie’s

Perceived “wicked’ ways

And vowed retribution

For bringing dishonorable gaze

To the shores of the Chickotee,

Kind and gentle.

How dare she open us

To something so … mental?

Elyse was boring

As she is most days.

And John quit his job,

Leaving Bernie in a haze.

We face the new week,

With NEW faces in town.

Who knew Madam had a daughter?

Who knew she’d married “the crown”?

Gordon’s Tracy comes for Carson?

Get out of town!

Cassie & John

Get to breathe.

Ever-scheming Susan

Gets the heaves.

It’s she who comes across

The Great Next Clue –

Not Sheriff Paul or John,

Not me, not YOU!

Join us again

In less than a day.

We’ll bring the drama.

Y’all go on and pray!

BE WELL, MIDDLE VALLEY!

Yours, Miss Comportment

By Jenny Page

Money, murder, and mayhem persist in this small riverside hamlet where old and new don't mix. Welcome to River Road, a multi-platform soap opera and ongoing homage to the time-honored tradition of daytime storytelling.