Father was a stand-up guy,
everybody liked him,
he could tell
an interesting story
or dance to a funny joke.

O but Dad had his faults too,
honor & honesty
weren't any of them.
And neither were
a hard work ethic
or love of his family.

He was smart though,
made it all the way though college
after growing up
in the school of hard knocks.

But despite his strengths,
I guess he had
two great faults.
His gullibility
& the belief in
an adulterous woman
until the day he died.