CESKY DAN
g.a. scheinoha
the glittery letters
on the back
of his red
vest read,
this big shot
in the village
of Hillsboro, this
wheel whose treads
were felt throughout
the mostly Czechoslovak
community
from a festival
held each year in June,
to the planning
of the next
almost a year
before.
Mere sight
of those words
reminded
me of another
Cesky Dan; my own
grandfather -- Daniel
Scheinoha
who was as
Cesky (Bohemian)
as they come,
more so
than this
who knows
what percent
beer swilling,
kolache eating,
palm grasping,
back slapping,
baby kissing
half breed.
