St Mary's all hail the uncles
One day
My uncle saw that BYU
and St Mary's U
In Moraga, Cali
playing basketball
Or was it baseball
"I saw this as a place,"
My uncle said,
To sell my house (in Salt Lake City, UT) and move to"
Retire from retirement
That is
"If the wife goes first"
He reiterated
Start a new life.
Then, Later, upon a separate visit (uncles not talking these live long years over an old maelstrom)
my other uncle,
Upon hearing
his (younger) brother
was seeing something in
St Mary's
remembered
Their grandfather,
Who was a janitor for
another
St Mary's school
On the hills in SLC,
Who said, (circa 1953 or so),
pushing his broom,
"You should go to St Mary's
College - it's a baseball college"
"But I never did," older uncle said, sweeping his hand out
Over the street, yards, neighborhood,
"instead,
I met Connie (the girl next door) and stayed right here"
Grandpa is long gone
Connie's gone now, too
The uncles are here
Caught in between
St Mary's
Then
And
Now
Yearning,
Missing
The living their life
and lonely
All hail St Mary's,
Dear uncles.
