MY FRIEND TOM

An actor friend from Florida
Tom who had a balding father,
Thomas Senior in Boca
a stock broker millionaire
with a lot of savings
who owned four Jaguars,
would always get angry
every time the Marlins
would lose a baseball game
what a shame in his ravings
all over a home run
of a close play at sports
just arriving late '
at home plate
his dad became out of sorts,
like a close shaving
Tom was in the Little League
who ate to escape
his father's wrath
when he was on the war path,
Tom suddenly put
on weight in California
until we went to exercise
at the gym
where he slimmed down,
and we started to get him parts
for him in the theater,
once he played a Roualt clown
in my off off Broadway play,
and a priest told Tom
to relax
that he was precious in his sight
with holy angels there at night
to bless us
when he called out on Jesus
the Son of righteousness
and forgave his dad
for his past madness
in acts of misbehaving.