Old Spice and the smell of cigarettes lingered in the kitchen whenever he left for work. He dabbled with painting wrote the beginning of a novel coached my Little League team and taught me how to hit a golf ball although skill and athleticism eluded him. When he built our patio I handed him the hammer, nails, and scotch but he forgot to show me the how. He founded the gifted program in Glendora headed the Elementary Education Department at Cal State Los Angeles and became Dean of the College but he struggled to teach his children the meaning of “Till Death Do Us Part.” Renaissance man, father, friend a gentle soul magnificently flawed I wish I had him in my life again.
wish I had an attitude change from would of could of, should of. Seems kind of strange When the song was what I understood of as a place to really go from the start like a dart hitting the bullseye to the heart with the art Of an adult now With a result how it was expected of me then, like I should have not done what I did when I could have been a doctor or lawyer apart from where I am now a drop out of sort a kid from the skids somehow
But then, I am creative a liberal and more sane than where I came from an individual casting blame
now I am a person certain with good rapport, better than a person like a would of, could of kind of sort
I found a box of old cassettes
ReplyDeleteWith songs selected and specially ordered,
Collected, recorded
Organized
Sorted
Hand drawn artwork
Hand written labels
Each one a key to the time machine I no longer own.
Things You Wish You Still Had
ReplyDeleteOld Spice and the smell of cigarettes
lingered in the kitchen
whenever he left for work.
He dabbled with painting
wrote the beginning of a novel
coached my Little League team
and taught me how to hit a golf ball
although skill and athleticism eluded him.
When he built our patio
I handed him the hammer, nails, and scotch
but he forgot to show me the how.
He founded the gifted program in Glendora
headed the Elementary Education Department
at Cal State Los Angeles
and became Dean of the College
but he struggled to teach his children
the meaning of “Till Death Do Us Part.”
Renaissance man, father, friend
a gentle soul
magnificently flawed
I wish I had him in my life again.
Rick Stepp-Bolling
things you wish you still had
ReplyDeletewish I had an attitude change
from would of
could of, should of.
Seems kind of strange
When the song was what I
understood of as a place to
really go from the start
like a dart
hitting the bullseye
to the heart with the art
Of an adult now
With a result how
it was expected of
me then, like I should
have not done what I
did when I could have
been a doctor or lawyer
apart from where I am now
a drop out of sort a kid
from the skids somehow
But then, I am creative
a liberal and more sane
than where I came from
an individual casting blame
now I am a person certain with good
rapport, better than a person like a
would of, could of kind of sort
I love how much you revealed about the narrator. Very moving, and relatable.
DeleteI need that home town, don't know why.
ReplyDeleteI need that smelly old place to die,
time, lost to the moment
ReplyDeletewhere did I put the time
I wish it would return to me