Pop

Published — 27.10.2024

Did he like me?  
A little bit
Did he love me
Sure

His pipe
The Orange
The Lemon
The Pickup

Smells like pipe
Do you smoke?
No, I'd say
A rusty bucket rattles at 60mph

He made things grow
He made things go
Ripe beefeaters
Slept anywhere

Menudo on Christmas
Stir the broth
Cut the tripe
I miss the taste

Four pensions
Telenovelas Six to Eleven.
Fluffy pink bunny slippers
A content man

From San Diego to Anchorage
He built the roads you drive
His hands in all of it
To escape reina, perhaps

He outlived some of his kids
Overcome with grief on the table
He feared dying
Death came anyway

He cheated at Gin Rummy
Aye, Papa