(US Air Force photo) |
Spring Memory
For Ted Crumb
Nov. 24, 1946-April
14, 1999
My brother rode motorcycles
like a howling wind bending
trees to his pleasure
He dove from helicopters
like an osprey into the ocean
to rescue downed pilots
When his swift cycle crashed
into a farm tractor
no one could save him
Eighteen springs ago
veteran paramedic died in a ditch
Just miles from home
--Jan Barry