traded a saddle for a front porch rocking chair,
crippled hands no longer grip oil paint brushes,
old fullback stops every few yards to sit and rest,
waiting for an oxygen tank delivery each week,
fold up walker needed to get into the restaurants,
watching birds from a hospital bed near the window,
lost sight, can’t read the Bible or write his sermons,
White Label for breakfast and a liver full of holes,
silenced by stroke, no more anger or hateful words,
fallen on pavement, can’t lead students into school,
Intensive Care, too young for spinal taps, IVs, antibiotics,
lost a limb and the will to continue with a new fight,
advanced degrees, all those books, can’t remember us.
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