Rick's Poetry: 1976 - May 3, 2001

1976
(c) May 3, 2001

I just saw the flying nun
I need another bong
She flew right by the window
with Superman so strong

They buzzed my pad too closely
like Snoopy flying low
Need another couple beers
hope I don't heave ho

Put the mushrooms on a sandwich
I don't want them plain
Broom Hilda and her vulture
just zapped them in from Spain

Look here's Batman and Robin
in that really bitchin ride
The one they confiscated
from Frankenstein's dead bride

Right on, groovy
that's exactly what I need
to ride off into the sunset
with Elly May my dream

Wow that's real cool thunder
or banging on the door
you probably won't believe this
It's Drag Net dude, ten four

He says just the facts kid
Adam 12 is on the case
I changed one too many channels
Scotty beam me off to space

by Ricky D. McKean

Rick McKean (1962-2011)

Rick McKean graduated a track star from Capital High School in Boise, Idaho. After serving in the U.S. Navy with the construction batallion and operating heavy machinery, and time in abroad in Guam, Rick was honorably discharged and took residence in Oxnard, California, near the naval base.

After working several years in various trades, including light aircraft maintenance, locksmith and auto repair, Rick worked for a paper pulp recycling plant in Oxnard until the late 90s. Expressing his love for the ocean, and despite physical limitations, he took up scuba diving and enjoyed good times with friends exploring the Channel Islands off the Ventura coastline. Rick suffered from depression and alcoholism.

The poetry on this site was written in 2001-2002 while an inmate at California Correctional Facility, Salinas, California. After parole, Rick again took residence in Oxnard, purchased a boat, and lived on the water in Channel Islands Harbor. Continuing his appreciation of nature and the environment, Rick worked in harbor maintenance, patrolling the harbor and collecting/dislodging debris that had washed in from sea.

Rick continued to live on his boat and attend AA meetings and treatment programs, and eventually was issued a driver's license and bought a car. In 2010, he drove his car to his home state of Idaho and visited his family whom he had not seen in many years. Despite numerous physicial limitations, Rick continued to live his life to the fullest extent, including handling nearly all of the maintnenance of his boat/home.

In late 2010, Rick bought a new computer, with the intention to publish these poems online. In January of 2011, Rick suffered an untimely death where he sustained a head injury repairing his boat, lost balance, and fell into the water, and succombed to the cold temperatures.

This blog contains Rick's Poetry.

(c) Ricky Dale McKean 2001, 2001

Rick's Poetry

1976 - May 3, 2001

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