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Grandpa's Basement, take Two

Posted October 7, 2000 15:18 | Category: Poetry | #

In my grandpa's basement,
An unfinished canoe
Hangs from the rafters.
A skeleton, lacking flesh or skin;
Dust clings to every horizontal surface.
Its tired old wooden ribs
Call to mind a quiet mountain lake
Where the fish are really biting today.

Upstairs, he is tired.
He sits in his easy chair,
Flipping channels
on the TV.

© 2000 William R. Ward
All Rights Reserved.
Monday, June 5 2000, 7:15 PM
Revised Sat, October 7, 2000, 3:20 PM

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Last updated: 09/19/2007 William R. Ward, bill@wards.net