My namesake, Jim Younger, of <br />The famous Younger Brothers, <br />Suffered from depression and <br />In 1902, after a dozen years in <br />Federal prison with brother Cole, <br />Younger, Jim killed himself, how, <br />History has yet to tell me; no matter. <br /> <br />A “This is too much” Jim Boone <br />Tried to kill himself in 1962 <br />And got his stomach pumped; <br />Came close to trying in 2007 <br />And got locked up in a psych ward. <br /> <br />The Younger connection was through my <br />Paternal grandmother, Ada Jane Younger Boone. <br />After her cousin Jim ‘done himself in’, his <br />More famous brother, Cole, was, as they say, <br />‘Born again’ and sang in the church choir <br />Until he died of ‘natural causes’ in 1905. <br /> <br />The next year, on January 3, Lorene Aven <br />Was born, later married Clyde Boone, <br />Begat a Joe and ‘oops’, Jim Younger <br />Reincarnated as a Jim Boone in 1937. <br /> <br />So, a famous outlaw became a nomad <br />Homosexual who lived on the Gypsy <br />Path, how, or why we will never know. <br />If, however, we figure it out, this will <br />Be continued. Pickup the back-story <br />On poemhunter.com or search: <br />Jim Boone Poetry. <br /> <br />Part I - 1937 to 2013<br /><br />Jim Boone<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/jim-younger-boone/
