Nephew in the Wild

Alicia

She married young

The year she was widowed

She had a son

On Christmas

Or when you’d pass through

You’d bring Danzig records

For your nephew

In hard times

Kids grow up fast

Please be there for him

Your sister would ask

He’s trouble

Just like you were

With girls & with teachers

Without a father

Like you

When you were a child

A young nephew out in the wild

At sixteen

He dropped out of school

Took off with some jewelry

His dad’s coat & tools

He called you

From the bus depot

With his girlfriend pregnant

& nowhere to go

You told him

That he should go home

& said you were sorry

& hung up the phone

Then no one

Heard from him at all

When Alicia came crying

You didn’t mention his call

Like you

When you were a child

Your nephew’s out in the wild