Uncle Fred by Bradley Mason Hamlin
Sorry,
it’s the meds,
he said
an endless
pharmaceutical
battle
with
the body
of one good
sailor
Vietnam
Vet
PTSD
and never
enough
cunt & whiskey
to make the
monkeys
stop singing
haunting
war songs
only
the art
released
the crazy steam
inside
the troubled valves
pictures
and poems,
stories
and the crack
of
the American beer can
as Uncle Fred
laughed at it all
and told us
to …
piss on the pope.
October 17, 2013 at 10:57 am
Thank you for the poem honoring my dad.
October 21, 2013 at 3:17 pm
You’re welcome, Lisa. He was a good man. Most of the time 🙂
October 23, 2013 at 4:24 pm
Great tribute, bradley. I liked fred. he was funny.
November 8, 2013 at 5:26 am
This really touched me.