Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Dad's desk

stately sitting in the home office
dignified
work place
tannish brown heaviness
large surface
--------covered with papers, documents
crossword puzzles, typewriter
a pen set on the end
drawers filled with tax papers, pens, records, letters
he loved his pens

on top of everything
the latest project
------- Sunday school lesson
------- editorial
------- translation
------- radio show

unspoken rule: don’t move anything

when Mom and Dad moved
it came to me
had to unscrew the solid heavy top
to fit it down the stairs

and now it is a part of him that is a part of me
stately supporting my iMac

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