Verne Ralph McDaniel   b. Dec 25, 1908

Roy Lee McDaniel   b. Mar 17, 1911
[Roy celebrated his 96th birthday in 2007
with sister Wilma and friends in Tulare;
while in 2008 I made it down for his 97th
celebration--we all really enjoyed the day;
same for #98 this year at Vejar’s for lunch]

Frederick Allen McDaniel   b. Mar 4, 1913

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel   b. Dec 22, 1918

Keith Lestin McDaniel   b. Oct 1, 1920

Harold Loy McDaniel   b. Sept 11, 1922

Opal Fay McDaniel   b. July 7, 1926

Kenneth Ray McDaniel   b. Aug 3, 1928

Roster

No alternative route
only one road leads from yesterday

and every town
I pass through

is a place where someone
I have loved
died much too young

Merced
Fresno
and Malibu, California
Medford, Oregon
and El Paso, Texas

heaven forbid that
I should ever stop in
Boise, Idaho

Coda:
This is not a poem.
It is a cold fact.
Five of my brothers.
All young.