HIS WOODEN LEG STARES AT ME...

Grandfather Gordon
scratches his wooden leg
insists: "It...itches!"

always a different explanation
how he lost the leg
enough to fill a book

Grandfather Gordon
scratches the air
where his leg should be

Grandfather Gordon's
wooden leg now
a tommy gun...a sword...a unicorn's horn

"Give me back me leg
ya daft wee buggers!"
pleading for his leg back

Grandfather Gordon's gone
his wooden leg lives on
dusty in a corner