drop off the key Lee + set yourself free
at 24 Lee enlisted WW II in full swing 12 yrs. later
he became my sweetfather i was his only daughter
in my grade 6 autograph book he wrote:
to the greatest little filly of them all
that was on August 16th the same day he died decades later
at 68 of a brokenheart life’ll kill ya then yer dead sang Zevon
+he was right life pummelled Lee +Lee pummelled life
same for Elvis who also died on August 16th houndogs both
father’s military file describes him accurately: powerfully built
smart cocksure a semi-pro athlete +boxer Atkins may prove
a problem in training he may want to be the boss
i think that i am cocksure too though as a woman there are
other less flattering designations: ballbuster bitch witch
i’m daddy’s girl so don’t mess with me mister
5 husbands under my belt 3 i killed with my bare hands
the other 2 remain devoted but back to daddy another
descriptor was: temperamental instability
i believe this to be a catchall phrase for cocksure men with
piercing blue eyes +big muscles such men (+women) can be
moody angry anti-social +anti-authority
this apple did not fall far from the Lee-tree
father was fiercely introverted +did not suffer fools with a steely
gaze he’d size up interlocutors as would a tiger in the wild 🐅
desk-dweeb assessor lucky he wasn’t eaten
he saw daddy’s moody depths a wild young jazzcat yearning to
be free a fearless warrior not amenable to captivity
A Man
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addendum: Lee’s brother was a coward who hid in a closet from
1939-1945 +feigned a clubfoot to avoid conscription later in life
he stole Lee’s inheritance
Winter 2024 ..the root word for angina..is anger
songanddancegirl 