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
