GREAT UNCLE WEBB
- David Michael Jackson
My great uncle Webb
never
wrote a poem, I
could hide my finger
in his wrinkles, and
he had giant floppy ears
and
loved the Yankees. He said
they couldn't lose with
Maris and Mantle.My great uncle Webb lived
with his sister, and
worked in a laundry, he
pressed clothes.
I remember the machine
and the steamMy great uncle Webb drove
the same car
for
twenty years, and
when he died, we
all wanted it, and
it was in
perfect
conditionMy great uncle Webb
never married, he
drove slowly
in
the middle of the road, and
settled at night
into his special chair.My great uncle Webb
never
wrote a poem.
He had that in
common
with God.
I bet they're watchin' the Yankees
right
now.
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