I don’t remember this day in the backyard when our uncle Jay Jones took little film clips of our family gathering with some of dads side of the family. This was around 1968 or 69 so I was nine years old and probably on the street playing baseball or football. This is movie still number one of several to come.
Gregory was my bunk mate for most of my years on Whitman street. Our home had more bunk beds then a Navy Submarine. It is because of Gregory that I know the words to Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash songs. It is because of Gregory that I read more books today and my horizon in music constantly expands.
Gregory had a stroke several years ago and it, thank God, it didn’t kill him or totally destroy all his mental capacities. He can still bring back memories and bring a smile to our faces with his slick sense of humor.
But he isn’t the same. It’s not the Gregory I know and remember. It isn’t this little innocent kid in the movie still sorting pool towels.
Yeah sure he still listens to music and ironically drinks and smokes. He sleeps 18 hours a day and for a former work-alcoholic, this just isn’t the right Gregory. Gregory is part of whatever the hell is wrong. What went wrong with us? All of us. Broken kites hanging in trees. The dysfunctional family blues. Flapping helplessly from the branches. Why are we all slowly killing ourselves? And why do I feel like we are the only ones? Every other family in the world seems so happy and healthy. I know this is so far from the truth but I think that is what shame does. This kind of shit is avoidable if he he took care of himself.
I miss little Gregory-eggory. He is down in Florida and I haven’t seen him since he drank and smoked himself into this walking coma. I think I am just afraid to see him like he is now, just like it frightened me to go to Beverly, Brenda, Mom and Dads funeral.
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