This Poem was Submitted By: Kenneth R. Patton On Date: 2003-10-27 14:43:43 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Used To Be

My eighty-something father-in-law Walks two miles each morning The used-to-be’s  All wait for him   The Collie lady out with her dog Used-to-be from Connecticut She can't afford to move back Sally used-to-be a show dog    An old man with asthma And a perfect yard Came out “just by chance” to get his paper He used-to-be a mattress salesman    The man in that house Used-to-be a C.E.O. In Chicago I think Now he has Alzheimer’s   A widow lives over there Her husband used-to-be a golfer I don’t know what she used-to-be  I guess she doesn’t deserve a past   Jesus, I know one damn thing I’d rather be a half-assed poet Till the day I croak Than just some kind of used-to-be  

Copyright © October 2003 Kenneth R. Patton

Additional Notes:
My In-Laws just moved from North Carolina. I was down there last summer and went with him for walks in the morning. Good Lord they're sure gonna miss my Father-in-law!


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