Joseph Stone © Tony Fallon 112217

Joseph Stone © Tony Fallon 112217

Joseph Stone …lived all alone
Never bothered nobody
Whittled goods out of woods
And they were not shoddy

Loved race horses ….and race courses
In Ohio and Kentucky
Wanted to be a jockey…. was too stocky
He felt so unlucky

Fought for Sam…. in Vietnam
And he almost drowned
Bullet hole hospital in Seoul
Left his mind unsound

Went off an zero ….came home a hero
Head of the big parade
But no work…. not even as a clerk
Joseph felt betrayed

No more to pawn …..he became withdrawn
Happy with his Mountain Dew
Sitting on a log….. talking to his dog
Drinking, drinking déjà vu

Alone he sang….. in mountain twang
Of women he’d have married
Dreaming scheming ….often screaming
From shrapnel that he carried

Victims of war….. are often poor
No chance to build a nest egg
A monthly check ….for a human wreck
Alone with his wooden leg

Left all alone…. in his twilight zone
A veteran treated rotten
A lonely grave ….for a man so brave
Joseph must not be forgotten