Howie Good

Sunday Portrait

Thirty-odd years ago,
long before you became
this short, chubby guy

working bagging groceries
at the Stop & Shop,

your parents gave you
a name you wouldn’t have
ever chosen for yourself,

and which isn’t really why
you’re wearing a Tom Brady #12
white-on-blue NFL jersey.

Howie Good wears a Tom Brady #12 white-on-blue NFL jersey. He lives in New York State and plays the ukulele.