Tuesday, January 28, 2014

"That Day," by David Kherdian


That Day
-David Kherdian

 
1              Just once
2              my father stopped on the way
3              into the house from work
4              and joined in the softball game
5              we were having in the street,
6              and attempted to play in our
7              game that his country had never
8              known.

9              Just once
10           and the day stands out forever
11           in my memory
12           as a father’s living gesture
13           to his son,
14           that in playing even the fool
15           or the clown, he would reveal
16           that the lines of their lives
17           were sewn from a tougher fabric
18           than the son he had previously known.

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