The Sand Hill Review http://www.sandhillreview.org 2004
What Uncle Bob Said
Haven’t picked the date yet
but when you
get this I’ll be gone.
Several reasons. You know some,
others know a few, I know
them all.
Aside from the poverty,
health
is going fast - liver, lungs,
mind.
You name it.
Look at it my way, here at
the end.
Go along with luck and a
human lives.
Comes age, if they last,
illness, pain,
loss of mind, unknown in an
uncaring world.
Not for me.
Never could believe that
anyone loved me.
Never could love much because
it was
foreign and bad, thought I
was worthless
and such. Married the first time because
she insisted, never could
figure out why.
I do know where I got the
clap. Married
again for no good
reason. She wasn’t well,
neither was I.
Always broke. Wrote some stuff. Took
some pictures. Made some figures, mostly
wood. I think what horrifies me most is that
I was about average.
Been charming. Don’t weep.
If you want to do something,
forgive a stupidity,
even though your pride
objects shrieking.
Doesn’t cost much, hardly at
all.