2 hours ago
Uncle LaFarr
The night I sat with Farr,
I held his straw,
decided when to push
the morphine.
Had I known about ketamine then,
we might have died a little first.
I'm not afraid of death now,
but we were that night.
My grandpa's cousin, Farr
scored big in software,
moved to San Jose.
He'd come alone at Christmas.
We'd get compasses,
or hiking socks.
One year, headlamps.
At the end, he chose a park model
in Quartzsite, ‘till he got sick
and moved in with my mother.
He never meant to start a feud,
but he left it all to her.
Then she cut out her sister,
expecting me to side with her
and call it righteous.
Now they fight.
The night I sat with Farr,
I held his straw,
decided when to push
the morphine.
Had I known about ketamine then,
we might have died a little first.
I'm not afraid of death now,
but we were that night.
My grandpa's cousin, Farr
scored big in software,
moved to San Jose.
He'd come alone at Christmas.
We'd get compasses,
or hiking socks.
One year, headlamps.
At the end, he chose a park model
in Quartzsite, ‘till he got sick
and moved in with my mother.
He never meant to start a feud,
but he left it all to her.
Then she cut out her sister,
expecting me to side with her
and call it righteous.
Now they fight.