You were one of the good guys, like Cincinnatus
returning home, you modeled virtue and service.

And Wendell Berry, a farmer and gentleman
like you, writes of a kingfisher returning after dusk.

Fly now Jimmy, like that kingfisher wild in flight
led by his delight back from where you came.

Matthew grew up in northern Kentucky just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, a city named after Cincinnatus, who had left his farm to lead the Roman Army during a time of great military crisis. After 16 days he defeated the enemy, gave up his power and returned to farming.