PENCIL LINES ON THE DOORPOST..............
rengay
Betty Kaplan and Max Verhart
17-18 June 2004

 


pictures on the wall
the children growing 
as I go up the stairs       

pencil lines on the door post
with names and dates
 

grandfather's bible
we turn the pages 
after the funeral

age-old last will 
in faded handwriting 
my family name


an angel for the headstone
baby sue  1892-1893
                
'a healthy boy!' 
the midwife hands dad 
the scissors

 

 

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