happy/sad

I remember the morning breakfast

at my parents’ table

Dad in his chair by the window

Mom making coffee, frying eggs,

bustling, always bustling.

He said, I wanted to tell you first;

in that split second, I thought the worst,

cancer or some other kind of slow dying.

I left the Republican Party;

they’ve lost their way.

In 44, I voted for FDR and in 48 Truman,

but joined the Republican Party

when Eisenhower ran for president.

He was a good man.

If it weren’t for Adlai Stevenson

he might have been a Democrat.

The Republicans asked and

he wanted to serve.

Ike was moral to the bone.

Today’s religious and race fanatics

he would have shunned.

I should have left years ago,

but kept thinking saner folks would prevail.

I called Democratic Party, told them they could put an Obama sign in our yard.

…..I sipped coffee, ate my eggs, toast and bacon,

smiled, proud of an 85 year old man

a patriot who served in two wars.

Moral enough to change.

This morning, I’m happy/sad

he’s not here to see the devolution

of his beloved Grand Old Party

A canker sore on the ass of America

11-16-2020