My Winged Foot

          "My Winged Foot"

My winged foot shoes were in the trunk of my father's car.

I always suspected my father's crash.

I lost the shoes but never believed it was His fault.

It was the only time He ever took anything from me.

Some of the people He associated with I did suspect.

Caught Him sneaking a late night libation after or b4 I snuck mine.

The Medical Center dentists informed me all my teeth had to pulled.

His insurance didn't cover it, but my father paid for a gum specialist.

That was forty years ago and I still have all my teeth without cavities or further gum work.

I owe you for stealing my life away!

Have no spoken words to say.

You save my day.

In your special way.

I was born in May.

Listen to your ocean waves play.

I have nothing more to say.

Except Happy Birthday!

June twenty-second nineteen-eighteen through eternity.

You will live on in me.

Jonathan Billet

May Twenty-Fifth Two Thousand-Fifteen