Let's Name Him Jerry

A subtle whisper into my mother’s ear by my 15-year-old brother Lawrence Dean and she proclaimed me Jerry Wayne Brotherton the prettiest baby boy she’d ever seen Okay, okay, I hear what you are saying I might have stretched the truth just a little bit But in my mind, that’s exactly what she said and it’s my story so I’m sticking to it Jerry is old English in origin and diminutive of Gerald (The ruling spear) In 1941 the name reached its height but then slowly it started to disappear Sadly, the name grew less and less popular until it very nearly became extinct Unfortunate that I was born sixteen years after this great name had climbed up to its peak Alas that set the very tone for my life whenever it comes to money, fame, or sport the never-ending motto that will begin to describe my fate “day late and a dollar short”