By Edward J. Calhoon Sr., 1998
(To be published in the Winter 1999 Edition of Scribble magazine)
Our father was:
A craftsman and
an artisan
of the Old School,
doing a job
right the first time;
Knowing the right
from all the wrongs,
both the notes and
words of the songs;
rising above
the victimhood
of Depression
(Great or not so),
and of the fear
of joblessness
that went with it;
Raising His Kids
long after the
normal age of
parenthood, in
foolish loving
defiance of
Economics.