Stretch and John.

I remember Daddy's friends,
their names were Stretch and John.
John died a couple years ago,
and Stretch has long been gone.

I swear that he was broken,
his heart wrung like a cloth.
When John swerved off the road,
when Stretch learned of all he'd lost.

I was roughly 9 years old,
grown up around the pair.
They were the ones who showed me love,
about the sex, I didn't care.

I grew up gender blind,
was taught that love is all.
No matter of the race or preferences,
because of Stretch and John.