Thursday, April 26, 2012

poem for my deceased brother in law

i wrote this today as i have learned that the family i married into has sold the house and will now divide the trust fund, 5 years ago they had a gay brother and they were all born again believers and they treated him badly, he found out he had bladder cancer and it had spread to his kidney, they gave him about six months, he asked if he may borrow from his trust fund while he awaited ssdi, but was refused then rebuked by the family and had the door slammed in his face and could be a member no more 3 months after i took him to the hospital i got a call he died , but not cancer , he was doing laundry slipped out a loose slipper at the top of the stairs fell and broke his neck, not one family member shed a tear but my own spouse , who was his only remaing friends