Joe







Let me tell you about my brother Joe

He was rough and tuff and hard to bluff and

Full of all that manly stuff.



He had a boyish laugh and smile

That won you heart in a minute



He joined the Navy and did a tour

Southeast Asia he endured



A Navy Seabee in Da Nang

Joe and the Seabee gang

Joe sprayed the orange in the bush

Kept his buddies safe from ambush



Joe came home and began anew

He was honest and wore the blue

A cop with a job to do.



He never wavered on the truth

But if you pushed him hard

You might lose a tooth or two



Joe left us very young

The orange he sprayed

Did him in

I never saw Joe cry nor did he deny

His time had come for him to die







Paul D. Gonzales