The old man pulled his coat a little tighter

Round the rack of bones that walked

Shuffled his two odd sneakered feet

and stopped to listen when he talked

He said “ They call me Two-toed Johnny

And there’s a reason why that’s so

Lost the others to frost bite a while back

I got snow plowed under the snow

Now I saw you walking up the road

Head held up high like la te da royalty

That expensive suit you’re wearing

I know didn’t come from a Kmart tree

Now I was once a Wall Street banker

Tell the whisky took from me my life

I used to have a house in the suburbs

I used to have a social butterfly wife

I also had a little boy named Jason

That I loved with all my heart

So much that shame made me walk away

I knew we’d be better off apart

Now little Jason had a birthmark

A tiny star on the side of his cheek

I never thought I’d ever see it again

Now you know why I had to speak”

He hung his head to hide his tears

That bitterly he wept out loud

I trembled a little as I faced him

Said Dad stand straight and proud

You see the trust fund that you set up

Paid for my college through the years

I am now a successful writer Dad

So no more need for those sad tears

He said that he stopped drinking

Showed to me his badge so proud

I told him Dad lets go home now

It’s time you met your family crowd…