Five Words
The TV image was of a man and his one year old son
home after a twelve month tour
empty boots and bayonet off in the background
in the cheering gym.
no
I'm not going to tell that story.
babies delight in their feet
hold them
love it when you nuzzle them with your nose
peal with laughter when you tickle them
then we confine them in shoes(bronzed on a mantle)
and that soldier missed that first step
no
I'm not going to tell that story
hold the coffee table
come to mommy
bump
up
step
bump
so when the host of As It Happens
talked of six words
Hemingway saying his most powerful line
was six words
For Sale. Baby shoes. Never used.
bump
I sat down
(though driving a car already seated)
up
bump
I pulled over
damn, those six words had just stopped a moving car
but the image that popped into my head
weren't the shoes but those boots
I won't talk about
and five words
We regret to inform you
~~ Phil Specht 26 September, 2012
in the cheering gym.
no
I'm not going to tell that story.
babies delight in their feet
hold them
love it when you nuzzle them with your nose
peal with laughter when you tickle them
then we confine them in shoes(bronzed on a mantle)
and that soldier missed that first step
no
I'm not going to tell that story
hold the coffee table
come to mommy
bump
up
step
bump
so when the host of As It Happens
talked of six words
Hemingway saying his most powerful line
was six words
For Sale. Baby shoes. Never used.
bump
I sat down
(though driving a car already seated)
up
bump
I pulled over
damn, those six words had just stopped a moving car
but the image that popped into my head
weren't the shoes but those boots
I won't talk about
and five words
We regret to inform you
~~ Phil Specht 26 September, 2012
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9/28/2012 10:22:00 am
2 comments:
Beautiful--and heartbreaking. Thank you Phil and to Puddle for posting.
Thank you back. And I agree. . . .
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