Grandfather didnt suit him

his grandfather died of stomach cancer at the end of the Second World War

his other grandfather was killed in a brawl in a Cuban nightclub before Castro took Cuba

he met him could remember him

he was no grandfather either

humourously his granddaughter called him grandpoop

truth be known

                 considerably more accurate

growing up he met other kids grandparents grandfathers

they were proper gentlemen proper as Hell

he wasnt a proper child

there were adults to irritate

teachers to tempt

principals to scorn

kids to clobber

skirts to look up

he graduated high school

didnt apply to college

his birthday was pulled low in the Lottery

watched it on television

he won a hunredthirtythree dollars  

the pot was anted by guys who believed that life is just a joke

Right on Jimi

Thanks Bobby

he skipped the US for Canadahe had nothing against the Vietnamese

he couldnt tolerate the horseshit the politics the enormous money earned spilling blood

he liked Vancouver Vancouver Island more became a fisherman

when the slaughter was over

the US didnt pound its chest like King Kong

people had quit caring

he slipped his way to Neah Bay and worked crew on boats

then he worked his way to Frisco

east to Grass Valley

easter to Reno

hitchhiked to Vegas

shacked up with a showgirl

had a series of fantastic nights at the Stardust

fat seed money

frugally laboured his way more easter

crossed the flatlands of Nebraska

missed the Mississippi

worked in Illinois Indiana Ohio

doublebacked

found the Mississippi

worked the river to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras

got knifed by an amateur

beat him senseless

took the knifehis wallet  his car

didnt expect a full tank of gas

siphoned his way to Miami

worked a boat to Saint Croix

his illegitimate daughter of some meanshe didnt ask found him there

her motherthe Vegas showgirl she said loved him

he remembered she loved her Kodak

she took more pictures of him than he ever knew

she actually listened to him when he spokewhen he talked about making a life in the Caribbean

he was colourful a character had personality as he would say

he was larger than life

but maybe the lives around him were just smaller more quiet   tamed timid

less loquacious or bombastic

or they didnt let people know how they actually felt  and thought

he wasnt interested in making pals

Grandpoop.

Whassup fart

                theyd get along just fine

0029,  Saturday,  4  1. 20

1106,  Twosday,  19  5. 20

Jimi Hendrix Experience  All Along the Watchtower  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY