Uncle Carl had a boat 

down in the keys

   we went down there

               we drove from New Hampshire -

when you see for the first time 

   tall slender palm trees and short squat

pelicans and feel 

the warm ocean air breezing 

     across the highway 

it was the mid sixties-

                   I got sick on the boat 

    when we went fishing -

   Uncle Carl married my 

 Aunt Gladys - great aunt- 

                                she was my grandfather's only sibling
  great pictures of them - Douglas, Gladys, and Carlos

Carlos was his real name
  I think he was Spaniard 

     or Argentinian
      He kept a Winchester Rifle on 

 the fishing boat

                but the sea air ruined it 

Carlos was a building inspector 

                       and he would get bottles of liquor as gifts
but he and Gladys were Methodists and didn't drink

                                so they put the bottles in boxes in the garage