A Boy Who Went by his Middle Name

I don't see the shy guy in the shiny vest
Or the pancake maker in pajamas
The pie-in-the-face smasher
Grinning mischievously or the poker
Picking out Charlie Brown on the piano
The ringleader of mud hut builders
Failing gloriously in the cloud forest
Or the madman gunning the Trooper
Up the slope from the waterfall

I envision the man whose only vow
The weekend of the wedding that didn't happen
Was: "Allow"
A casual magician with his grandparents' hands
Hands that pop my daughter's shoulder back in place
When it dislocates jumping on the bed on Christmas day

A boy who went by his middle name.