My first cousin, my favorite, whom I wrote about in http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=535390 on March 23, 2010, died yesterday. This is for Butch, who fought a hard fight and is now pain free and at rest:
TRIBUTE
I was ten when you were born,
the little brother I didn't have.
Sweet, cute, quiet and smart,
the orchard of the family's eyes.
Football hero, leading man
Model husband and dad to one.
Sportsman, horseman, gambler,
parole officer, mentor to criminals.
Your bucket list completed,
Your Corvette in the driveway,
I took your last breath with you.
If there is a heaven, you are there.
'Bye cuz. Tell the others we miss them, too.
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Comments
Lezlie
i was thinking that an OS Open Call could be one where we write our own obituaries
Lezlie
Thank you very much.
Lezlie
Rated.
L.
Lezlie