Fast EddieA Poem by Tate MorganIf there is one thing can be said of the Race Track it is "That here you will find men at odds with life. Yet a brotherhood of likeness abounds".Photo compliments of Ben White. At the track kitchen that morning I was playing cards with some friends, There sat Pop Sigh, we called Dead Eye and Fats Jimmy, who drove the Benz The fourth man was Wheel Chair Eddie a boy of eighteen, I'd been told In a wheel chair, his cross to bear on each God had broken the mold Fast Eddie as I called him suffered from Cystic Fibrosis, "Outta my way" he'd always say "don't need no damn diagnosis" Eddie was cleaning up on us took me for two hundred and three He was the best, wiped out the rest taunting all of us with his spree The others always let him brag in pity for his condition Well that might be, but they weren't me I'm not given to submission "Eddie, you're a gimp legged freak," I'd said giving his chest a tap "Get off your butt, keep your mouth shut," "hey Morgan I don't take your crap" He waved the money in my face "you fish bite the same old hook" "Man" he would say, "you're easy prey you make it sound like I'm a crook" "If you'd climb outta that wheelchair I'd have to teach you some respect" He'd laugh and jeer, but show no fear, well now...just what did you expect But Eddie had such little time whereby we all knew his plight What might I see, if I were he I'd welcome their taunts to fight While others made him feel sorry for the state that he found himself in Still I could see, he's just like me though at times I would let him win I think that's why he'd favored me why he'd sought me out most the time The reason he, played cards with me in the hope I would drop a dime I never looked on him as sick to me he was one of the Klan He knew I'd say, "Eddie let's play come on we need another man" © 2018 Tate MorganAuthor's Note
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Added on October 1, 2012Last Updated on September 17, 2018 Tags: poetry AuthorTate MorganMarion , OHAboutAvailable from Amazon XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I am a product of the Midwest. Raised on the plain states of North America. I was nurtured on a .. more..Writing
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