Rabbit Box (Vic Chesnutt)

While I was still in elementary school

I discovered Daddy's tools

And amassed a small pile, of scrap lumber

And I built a rabbit box

And I set it facing north

But I caught a possum and a kitten

Both of which were a bitch to set free

'Cause I thought they were going to bite me

But we all three escaped safely

Well once I took my single shotgun

Put on my camouflage

Hid in the neighbor's pasture

By the little cow pond

And finally after a long time

Bunch of doves flew by

Landed in a huddle on the power line

So I aimеd with an eagle's eyе and fired but it was

Two pigeons that fell like bean bags into the weeds

Well, they sure looked like doves to me