Saturday, April 20, 2013

Thoughts of my Grandfather


it’s nine twenty four

the April sun shimmers

light still unfiltered

by leafless birch trees
outside my window

i realize

i never really knew
what my grandfather did

a farmer without a farm
a veteran of the second world war
a delivery man
a friend of the friendless

and I wish I could
ask him with today’s ears

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