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Mom’s foster brother Roy was maybe 
a kid the state paid the Reeds to keep 
the Reeds who needed the pay
doubtless he was raised in family love
honest hard work in service to God.
Roy visited Springfield
from LondonBelgiumFrance 
if I remember the look he arrived inside
a Triumph with spoked wood steering wheel
a blue convertible TR4
with the top secure we went 70 or more. 
Roy inside our house
with foster sister one-suit Marilyn and her kids
had cigars good sweaters and whale bone corduroy 
taught chess pieces and how to play
he said
in the last ten years I made a hundred thousand dollars 
and have nothing to show.