Attic

In heat and dust
With rafters, bare,
My dormant past
Sits neatly stacked:
Those baseball cleats,
Texts obsolete,
Her wedding gown,
Their baby crib,
It all wrapped up
With dim gray light
And cherished in
My memory.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Hoffman Avatar
September 27, 2017 at 8:04 PM
Very nice memory write David!~Che :)
Pandit Avatar
September 12, 2017 at 12:16 PM
A lovely poem, David! A touching cherished memory!!
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