When I first met Frank,
squashed pumpkin head atop a suit,
he squinted, asked me if I was in pain.
Not like I was, I said.
We shook hands.
Well, boy, you’re in the right place.
And he patted me on the back
like I had come home.
Frank Dunlay, March 12, 1940-April 16, 2001
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