Tagged: grandfather
the first of august
the first of august
observed on the gregorian
calendar – your long
ago passing, my awaited
birth – two peas in different pods
.
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t-minus two days
t-minus two days
till the ninth anniversary
of our loss, your death –
all the religion in the world
could not reopen our channels
.
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my mother and her
my mother and her
father and his mother and
most likely so forth
made tea extraordinary,
simply by leaning forward
.
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we are observing
the moon that came for
the moon that came for
my grandpa was the one that
came out tonight – a
bloodless grin so familiar,
even the cheshire cat paused
.
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even this morning,
even this morning,
i am hearing for the first
time the tale of grandpa,
bringing home
a pot of Madagascar
periwinkle, and how
his business thrived
for as long as the
garden blossomed
and his seven
buds bloomed
.
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during the fifth
nothing beats the sound
nothing beats the sound
of mahjong in the afternoon –
sparrows over crumbs
.
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like sweet tobacco
like sweet tobacco
packed expertly into his
favorite pipe, grandpa’s
heart was stuffed with a solid
kind of love, one with no wires
.
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with our hearts within
with our hearts within
our hands, we can
round out a fifth
dimension, using
only your grandpa’s
tools to fine-tune each
curve, extend yesteryear’s
impressions –
i love when you
pull out the old things
to make them new
.
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