Grandfather’s Vespers
His rocking chair pendulums in the dusk
His coffee cup’s half-empty, what’s left’s gone cold
His newspaper’s folded and set aside -
In the evening light he doesn’t see so well
Mist rises from the neighbor’s new-mown field
Shy rabbits nibble along the old fence row
Grandchildren escape from supper into the yard
Chasing lightning bugs while Grandfather smokes
His rocking chair pendulums in the dusk
And so helps stabilize the universe
Mar 21, 2017
Mar 21, 2017 at 3:54 PM UTC
Grandfather’s Vespers
His rocking chair pendulums in the dusk
His coffee cup’s half-empty, what’s left’s gone cold
His newspaper’s folded and set aside -
In the evening light he doesn’t see so well
Mist rises from the neighbor’s new-mown field
Shy rabbits nibble along the old fence row
Grandchildren escape from supper into the yard
Chasing lightning bugs while Grandfather smokes
His rocking chair pendulums in the dusk
And so helps stabilize the universe
A response to The Butterfly Effect