At Last a Candid Memorial Plaque

At Last a Candid Memorial Plaque By Elton Camp At the park I saw an astonishing sight A different plaque was really a delight I stood agape and read it for a minute “Joe Bucklesby hated this park & all in it.” For never before in my “borned days” Have I seen anything other than praise “Moe Morris was everyone’s friend. It’s so sad that his life had to end.” “Mildred Murray was a kindly soul, One who had a heart of pure gold.” Like a funeral service, none will tell “Fred was a rascal who resides in hell.” Joe Bucklesby is a man I never knew I have to wonder if what it says is true A park surely can be a nasty place Visited by folks who are a disgrace I wish that the reasons why he hated Could be, in detail, somewhere related He left a bronze footprint on the sands of time Was he an honest man or some ball of slime?