The things hardest to give up
The things we need the least

True in the Wild West
True in the mystic East

True in Africa
With the wildabeast

Invite her to the party
Bring him to the feast

I miss my Uncle Marty
The sadness does not cease

His funeral at Gesu
Soccer families at least

Overflowed the church
His legacy rose like yeast

My poems at Georgetown
May his memory increase