Dad..( part I )
Posted: July 20th, 2019, 9:59 am
he left the blue ridge skies
1953......on his marriage certificate
says he was loom fixer and textiles
were drying up, they were cutting his hours
i was 5 years old when I landed in Baltimore
he bought a bungalow after hiring on at the steel plant
and over those 30 in Bethlehem
he'd walk out a class 'A' millwright
and with good health, a union-negotiated pension
and social security, he would have another 30
in retirement making things in his garage
you know some folks in that right camp
like to demean these programs by calling them
"entitlements"....it's supposed to mean to them
a free lunch, well fuck that shit
he earned every nickel...he never missed a day
of work...a Perfect Record !....and....
he never turned down a double shift
because he thought that would be better
for the family...........................
on Tuesday night I tucked him in at 10:15
he said Thank you
by 9:30 am he stopped expelling that earthen air
94 and a half years
he had a helluva run
1953......on his marriage certificate
says he was loom fixer and textiles
were drying up, they were cutting his hours
i was 5 years old when I landed in Baltimore
he bought a bungalow after hiring on at the steel plant
and over those 30 in Bethlehem
he'd walk out a class 'A' millwright
and with good health, a union-negotiated pension
and social security, he would have another 30
in retirement making things in his garage
you know some folks in that right camp
like to demean these programs by calling them
"entitlements"....it's supposed to mean to them
a free lunch, well fuck that shit
he earned every nickel...he never missed a day
of work...a Perfect Record !....and....
he never turned down a double shift
because he thought that would be better
for the family...........................
on Tuesday night I tucked him in at 10:15
he said Thank you
by 9:30 am he stopped expelling that earthen air
94 and a half years
he had a helluva run