Delaware, Moving On

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For PP

Your parents’ residence
was recorded by
their wall hangings,
and their belongings,

which you removed,
as if cutting down
through their lives,
stood for so long;

almost counting
acquired rings
of years, but you know,
already, it is fifty.

In the garage,
the wall of tools,
each with a place,
a purpose, nail-hung,

kept oiled and ready
for fixing and mending
any breakages,
but Pa’s skills,

his grip and twists,
will no longer be made
in this place,
now emptied.

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