• he never wore blue jeans

    in the besiege of days when your
    cold hands entrap an older man
    acceptance enwrapped in
    bittersweet memory-all the world
    is your cage to step the path of rage
    so long unsure where nothing seems
    to matter anyway yet for you
    a Titan manufacturer of goods
    irreverent so greatly misunderstood
    standing for the worker as he would
    decisive respectful of people in the know
    spiteful of every enemy choosing his battles
    keeping his demons well hidden inside the family
    emotional deeply damaged big daddy
    a partner for his Penny give her a Cadillac
    business where he thrived/relationships made him scream
    he never wore blue jeans
    off-beat never found his niche
    thought his mother was a bitch
    had a soft spot for his brother
    but hated his sister in-law
    because she thought he was too rich
    there were cars and bars and family trips
    there were yachts that docked-the 5pm dewers sips
    a cooler dueler duly noted singer bread winner
    would be hard to find
    dancing the night in time to unwind with his
    beautiful wife
    and the kids were as loved as rare bottles of wine.

  • 5 & 8

    we have nothing without love
    she is my mother like no other
    blessed with her the day I was born
    those sunny happy perfect days
    trees in the breeze reached the sky
    the grass grew tall about my thighs
    the sun shined our hearts were light
    dad smiled a lot when we were little tots
    celebrate the holidays the snow
    was three feet deep
    sledding down the driveway
    into the snowbound street
    icy patches we would slip
    fall down go boom with laughter
    giggles and grins
    cracking off icicles from the roof
    crunching and munching them
    with gusto-mom would call us in
    for hot chocolate stripping off
    our snow suits soaked to the skin-
    then she would towel dry us-it was
    the snowstorm of ’56-what a great
    time to be 5 & 8 when we were
    young and innocent in a world
    where everything was great!