my grandpa is sick. really sick. probably gonna die.
a shame, really. here is a man who at the age of 40 decided to drop his boring bank job and boring marriage and go live in the woods and smoke pot and just not give a fuck what anyone thought of him. my role model as a child, a man who was so left-wing he would give castro a run for his money. a man who taught me the value of independent thought, who challenged me at every instance, who told me about a thousand jokes about goat shit. the man who showed me every value i hold dear and let me decide for myself if i wanted to accept any of them. the man who woke me up every year on my birthday at 7 o'clock in the morning to sing me his off-key rendering of happy birthday.
a man who was "punk" before such an idea ever existed.
now, as his body begins to fade, i find myself kind of glad. the last few years have been hard, as the man i knew and loved died long ago, taken from us first by dementia, then by alzheimers. now, hopefully, his spirit can shuffle loose this mortal coil and take its place among the greats i have lost and i know look down on me and protect me.
you truly were "the pearl". i can't wait to see you again.
a shame, really. here is a man who at the age of 40 decided to drop his boring bank job and boring marriage and go live in the woods and smoke pot and just not give a fuck what anyone thought of him. my role model as a child, a man who was so left-wing he would give castro a run for his money. a man who taught me the value of independent thought, who challenged me at every instance, who told me about a thousand jokes about goat shit. the man who showed me every value i hold dear and let me decide for myself if i wanted to accept any of them. the man who woke me up every year on my birthday at 7 o'clock in the morning to sing me his off-key rendering of happy birthday.
a man who was "punk" before such an idea ever existed.
now, as his body begins to fade, i find myself kind of glad. the last few years have been hard, as the man i knew and loved died long ago, taken from us first by dementia, then by alzheimers. now, hopefully, his spirit can shuffle loose this mortal coil and take its place among the greats i have lost and i know look down on me and protect me.
you truly were "the pearl". i can't wait to see you again.
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