Jimmie A. Kepler – Two Poems
Southern Legitimacy Statement:
• I was born in and live in Texas. I am a fifth generation Texan.
• I have lived in South Carolina, Georgia (twice), Louisiana, and Texas.
• I am a Southern Baptist.
• I still reread Lewis Grizzard's "If I Ever Get Back To Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet To The Ground"
• I have read Shelby Foote's "The Civil War: A Narrative" (all three volumes; No, the late Shelby Foote did not have an accent. The people with accents were the one's interviewing Shelby!)
• I read and understood William Faulkner's "Light in August" and "Absalom, Absalom".
• I love fried okra, turnip greens, and pork chops.
• I have two aunts that have been married to the same man.
• My father was a career non-commissioned office in the United States Air Force.
• I am a US Army veteran who was trained at Fort Benning, Georgia and also jumped out of perfectly good airplanes.
I swear on the memories of Ellen Glasgow and Katherine Anne Porter that the above are true statements. Signed, Jimmie A. Kepler
