Originally Posted by
Alan6154 
That poem should be on a monument. I was moved by it, and I am seldom moved..
To all those that have come before me on SR and to all those that come after, that poem should be required reading. Dan must have been a helluva guy.
This poem,
Drunks was written by Jack McCarthy, a poet and essayist. Jack McCarthy (May 23, 1939 - January 17, 2013) . If you google his name, you will be able to find other things he has written.