12/10/2005 - IN MEMORY OF ROBO COP (DADDY)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DADDY, LT. C.D.G. (AKA ROBO COP) #209 I.P.D.
10-18-50 TO 12-10-92
WRITTEN ONE YEAR AFTER DAD'S DEATH - 12-10-93
IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU MY FATHER.
YOU DEDICATED YOU LIFE TO HELPING OTHERS.
I SEE A PATROL CRUISER AND THINK OF YOU.
YOU'RE STANDING TALL AND PROUD, ALL DRESSED IN BLUE.
WE KNEW EACH OTHER JUST 17 SHORT YEARS,
AND YOU SHARED WITH MOM YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR FEARS.
THE BARBEQUES, THE HOLIDAY'S, THE GOOD TIMES WE HAD,
ARE NOW MIXED MEMORIES, BOTH HAPPY AND SAD.
THEY SAY IT WAS STRESS, IN PART, THAT TOOK YOUR LIFE.
THAT TOOK YOU AWAY FROM YOUR DAUGHTERS AND YOUR WIFE.
IT WAS REALLY REVENGE AND POLITICS THAT GOT IN THE WAY.
THAT TOOK YOUR HAPPINESS, YOUR CAREER, YOUR LIFE AWAY.
IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I SAW YOU MY DEAR FATHER,
YOU DEDICATED YOUR LIFE TO HELPING OTHERS.
INDEPENDENCE FELT SAFE, ESPECIALLY ME,
WHEN "209" WENT "10-8" AS "ONE PAUL THREE".
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