#edgarriceburroughs - Every Day With Edgar Rice Burroughs - July 25, 2025

 July 26, 2025 and thirty-three years ago on this day in 1992, the Gray Morrow / Don Kraar Sunday Tarzan story arc, Bayou Fever, began. The story ran for fourteen weeks. Being an Oklahoman by birth and a Coonass by choice, I do love a good Bayou story, me.

The entire story is available to read at: https://www.erbzine.com/mag35/3542.html

As you would expect by the title, the story takes place in Louisiana, and features a panther, environmentalists, despoilers of the environment, alligators, and bees. Oh, yeah, and Tarzan be there too.

The 100-word drabble for today is “Environmental Impact” and it was inspired by the comic story arc and the ‘Bayou Song,” by Tina Turner. Her lyrics were better than mine.

Just another Louisiana morning

Cold bayou rain filling up the sky,

Derricks pumping

Roughnecks jumping

Can’t see ‘em the rain

I can smell them just the same.

Need to stop sittin’ and thinking about it.

I been worrying in the long cold night

Too tired to sleep, but it’s time to fight.

Get some help from that Tarzan man

Bring my juju and my voodoo

Gonna work me some hoodoo

Gotta stop the drilling

Even if there be some killing

We may be dead by the end of the night

But it’s what gotta do to take back our life.