Dead Heads
By john clare stokes
The boy loved boogers
He couldn't help himself
In the pew, at school
He picked
Like the dog eating grass
It met some nutritional deficiency
In February of '58 his mother
Took him to Dr Head in Crawfordville
Only Doc in Wakulla County
In a grave manner
The doctor with head mirror
Peered long into his nose
Paused with a sigh
And gave the prognosis;
"You will die if you don't stop picking your nose."
In March of '64 William Duncan Head died.
He was three. Son of Thomas and Flo.
In June of '64 Dr Thomas Duncan Head was found by
His wife Flo
Drowned from an apparent Lake Ellen fishing accident
The overturned inner tube raft the evidence.
No autopsy was ordered.
He was 43.
The boy lived yet often wondered through the years,
Did they too pick their noses?
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