The Man Known As Stan

Stan used to feel sad at his disappointments in life For a wealthy younger man he was forsaken by Kate his wife Their only offspring Jean married with children in Spain Though of loneliness he never once did complain Balding in his late sixties of hair silver gray He was a nice person in his own quiet way One i see often though not every day For himself he never had that much to say I last saw him in the park about a week ago In his shy way in passing he smiled and said hello In the town park never to be seen again That life can be unpredictable that fact does remain Though all thingin life for him did not go to plan The Stan that i knew of was quite a good man One who did work hard and never harmed anyone His mum and his dad in him raised a good son A few days ago he was found by a neighbour in his kitchen dead Of a massive heart attack it has been said Growing old on his own and alone he did die That life can be cruel is surely not a lie He died on his sixty seventh year this is not very old And his story does surely deserve to be told In the local cemetery his last remains lay The man known as Stan he was buried today.