FATHER FIGURES (C) 2008 HV

AKA my own daddy

STIPE’S DISCIPLE

THIS POET WRITES SONGS

LIKE SILVER JEWS, THE BAND

OR RICHARD-DUDE, THE MAN

ME AND MY POP ARE TWO

SCOTCH IRISH TEXAS TALKERS

WHO ARE DOING OKAY TODAY

MANY IN THEIR WAY

DAVE, EVEN, HIS DAD, EVEN

THE MO Y’ALL KNOW

NONE OF MY BROS THOUGH

I’M THE OLDEST BY A YARD

AND THE BOLDEST BY FAR

MICHAEL AT THE PLANTERS

SERVICE A LA SERGE

WINE DELIVERED BY PINE

THE COACHES DOOLEY AND RICHT

A FEW FORMER MENTORS I SHOULD MENTION

MAN, YOUR QUICK

THIS IS ABOUT DADDIES

ABOUT BEING YOUR OWN DADDY

MY FRIEND HALF-WROTE A HALF-BOOK

BY THAT ALMOST-TITLE

WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN

AT GEORGIA, I LOOKED UP

TO HIM AND MY OTHER OLDER FRIEND

HIS ROOMMATE, ALL THREE

OF US, ARE IN

VARIOUS STAGES OF

RECOVERY NOW

I’M THE FARTHEST ALONG

BY FAR, A STAR, ALMOST

I’M BEING MY OWN DADDY

LIKE TWAIN, HEMINGWAY, FAULKNER

SO DON’T QUESTION SIR

I’M BEING MY OWN DADDY