THOUGH
my paw paw
SUPPOSEDLY
named himself after shoeless
I told you this story BEFORE
BUT it's BEEN
a minute
SUPPOSEDLY
his mama had had SO MANY
CHILDREN
she couldn't THINK
of ANOTHER name
she LOOKED at
a BAG of RICE
Adolphus rice and named her son that
ADOLPHUS*
*no middle name
when he got to school
MIDDLE NAME
was a THING
MAYBE
he FELT like he was SUPPOSED to have one
THAT was what he SAID
I THINK
he hit school
& he saw an OPPORTUNITY
to CHANGE who he was
AND
now I'm seeing LIKE
a full scale
JOHN FORD western
MOMENT
LIKE he
SWALLOWED america whole
I might be getting a little transcendental
