The 5th Uncle

[Bandwraith at aol.com]

Let’s see, there’s Wade and Charles, Wicks and Ives, but isn’t there a fifth 
uncle? 

Wade is strong, at least within the confines of his house- a veritable sultan.

Charles will seem weak and ineffectual like his soap. While Ives, a current 
of political 
charge, is only briefly passing through.

With respect to the other three, Wicks is difficult to quantify. Within the 
house- 
he’s tenuous, enduring by wits alone, but without- his imagination seems 
endless, 
reaching even to the distant stars.The arc of his memory enjoins past and 
present,
and like the future, he haunts Mason’s grave.

I could have sworn there was a fifth, however, who now seems noticeably 
absent- a quintessential uncle? Perhaps I’m mistaken.

Oh well. More room for the other four...