Memorialize Someone
Poem written for a beloved father
Joe
A son, husband, father
A friend, all of these
Can be used to describe
The man Joe Savarese
An honorable soldier
Served faithfully in World War 2
A hard working floor man
After that part was through
Yes, all of these
Are things you could say
But they wouldn’t really show you
The man we say goodbye to today
He was patient and giving
Fun loving and kind
A better man
You’d be hard pressed to find
He loved pasta with eggplant
And Polar Joy banana splits
He was constantly causing
Louise to have fits
Like on a Puerto Rico trip
When he talked so much to a cabbie
That they got lost getting home
And she got pretty crabby
Or taking his kids on a moped
On the highway no less
Oh, Louise let him know
When he was causing her stress
But she loved him so much
And he loved her back too
They weren’t mushy about it
But you knew it was true
He brought cherries to the movies
He said Shop and Shop and soder
He called people named Donna Donald
Yes, he could have talked better
But no matter how tired he was
At the end of a long day
He would jump in the pool
And with his kids he would play
He taught them to swim
He taught them to drive
In his patient kind way
He taught them to survive
Debbie was his pet
To Doreen “This Old Man” he sang
He was so proud of Glen
The man he became
He was selfless and generous
With holes in his shoes and Pontiac
But his children did not go without
No, his children did not lack
Not that there was a lot of money
Joe’s family never got wealthy
But they were so rich in love
And that’s how it should be
So although we are sad
And will miss him forever
He will always be with us
Our memories we will treasure