a custodian mopping
in a dim basement corridor
beckons me over
usually he has a joke,
or a wild story from the job
today a word of wisdom
"hey man
don't let 'em steal your peace".
he looks at me real serious
and says "ok?"
I nod
respond "ok"
we shake on it
I hear him shout
"don't let 'em"
as I turn the corner
Agree,don"t let 'em. Right now going through a lot of stress trying to get my elderly mother into a senior residence. I cherish those brief moments of peace I can steal back.
ReplyDeleteYou have a marvelous style. The seemingly ordinary, even pedestrian, is transformed without ceremony into something that is so much more than the sneakily simple sum of its parts.
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