Hiya 16 years
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.
As far as Dan goes, yeah he was a TOTAL character. He had a spidey sense for when I was struggling and I would get a phone call or a message that instantly made me laugh.
Miss him every day and been hurting this year more than others for some reason.