Table
It stood where it always had;
the top slightly worn and bowed
like the man who had hewn it
from the ancient gnarly Oak
he’d chanced upon in the woods.
It bears on its ancient top
photographs and eulogies
of the man who had hewn it.
Gone now, the cares of the world
he’d carried upon his back.
Copyright © Terry Miller | Year Posted 2023
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