Remember him

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Sorting through boxes

the stench of cigarette smoke

I remember dad

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by Scooj

Reminiscence I

St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, April 2007
St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, April 2007

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To St Michael’s Mount

on holidays with the kids

to see my father

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Father’s Day

.

My fathers are gone

today I celebrate them

fondest memories

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Three words

.

Do you remember?

Conversation opener

to warm our cold hearts

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Flood

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A long time ago

back in 1882

the Frome burst its banks

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Read about Bristol Floods

Open fire

 

As a child I’d watch

the dancing flames and listen

to the crackling pops.

 

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Potting shed

 

John Innes compost

and cuttings arranged on shelves;

my grandmother’s place

 

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Legacy

 

An old overcoat

that belonged to my dad still

smells of cigarettes.

 

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Dad

 

Now that he is gone

I think more about him than

when he was living.

 

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Remembering

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Not a day goes by

when I don’t think about them;

wounds forever raw.

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by Scooj