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Hanging a Picture

“Let’s hang this heavy picture,”
I heard my wife say to me.
Giving her a claw hammer
I put a steel nail up high.
“When I nod my head, hit it.”
…That’s the last thing I recall.

Copyright © Lanier Thomas | Year Posted 2025