54

yo, anybody seen the kid in the middle of this photo? it was taken fifty-two years ago so he no doubt looks somewhat different, but i'll bet if you saw him down the local 7/11 you'd recognize him. it's the poor sumbitch's 54th birthday and it occurred to me early this a.m. that though he is one of the bros he has never to my knowledge been mentioned on the blog. so even though i hate the bastard for not saying goodbye to The Mother i love him because he's my brother and what else am i gonna do? he was awesome to me when i was knee high to a grasshopper: kind, patient, instructive. he always picked me to be on his team even though as the little kid i couldn't do much to propel our club to victory. winning wasn't everything. he also used to read to me. once he read The Old Man and the Sea to me; the entire story. so if you spot him gettin a cup o joe and a hard roll say hey happy birthday, john.