NaPM April 24 2015

[Todd]

                                 < father Texas >
                       
                       
                        fully dangerous
                        you are the hot pistol that amazed my mother
                        and you are looking at me right now
                        laughing
                        as i try to find a way to impress you
                       
                        men of the life of my father
                        i invoke your names
                        in fear and disgust and respect
                        i am slipping again
                        into shotguns and dead animals
                        'round fires and whiskey
                       
                        my dream
                        is of taking a shotgun
                        to your football helmet
                        your aftershave
                        your knives and boots
                        and all your vicious jokes about sex and women
                       
                        but i need to hug you as well
                        to feel your body
                        bristling with flame and force
                       
                                        - - -

Loved the poem especially the ending

Being from Texas and living there now, I can relate. If you added a John Wayne commemorative plate or two and a stuffed Bobcat (I have the pictures) you could sum up a large portion of my family.