My namesake, Jim Younger, of br The famous Younger Brothers, br Suffered from depression and br In 1902, after a dozen years in br Federal prison with brother Cole, br Younger, Jim killed himself, how, br History has yet to tell me; no matter. br br A “This is too much” Jim Boone br Tried to kill himself in 1962 br And got his stomach pumped; br Came close to trying in 2007 br And got locked up in a psych ward. br br The Younger connection was through my br Paternal grandmother, Ada Jane Younger Boone. br After her cousin Jim ‘done himself in’, his br More famous brother, Cole, was, as they say, br ‘Born again’ and sang in the church choir br Until he died of ‘natural causes’ in 1905. br br The next year, on January 3, Lorene Aven br Was born, later married Clyde Boone, br Begat a Joe and ‘oops’, Jim Younger br Reincarnated as a Jim Boone in 1937. br br So, a famous outlaw became a nomad br Homosexual who lived on the Gypsy br Path, how, or why we will never know. br If, however, we figure it out, this will br Be continued. Pickup the back-story br On poemhunter.com or search: br Jim Boone Poetry.