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Old Navy Footlocker ©2018 Robert George
Well, I climbed that cobwebbed staircase with some old bolt cutters And they sliced that Master padlock just like it was butter Then I lifted up the lid and felt his mem’ries flow out Brushed away some dust then looked inside and I had no doubt I’d found the stark, unvarnished truth
Deck of cards, a handmade chessboard and a barbecue fork An old Sinatra forty-five of “New York, New York” And a sad memento from the Mekong River The tiny piece of shrapnel that’d nicked his liver During two tours of a tarnished youth
O my granpa’s soul was wise and old But he never was a talker Now it seems his tales are being told By his rusty Navy foot locker
Fam’ly recipes for pasta and a spicy calzone Pottery and trinkets from the Panama Canal Zone First edition Faulkner and a vintage Batman, too
There’s a necklace made of stingray leather with a shark tooth But the only thing that seemed to hide a dark truth Was a barmaid’s snapshot down in Katmandu
O my granpa’s soul was wise and old But he never was a talker Now it seems his tales are being told By his rusty Navy foot locker
Found some faded photographs beside his Dundee lighter And they proved his last days as a tough, bare knuckle fighter Left him with a scar and cauliflower ears
Then I thought about my own life and the time I’ve wasted How life is sometimes sweeter for the sour fruit we’ve tasted While forever siphons our years
O my granpa’s soul was wise and old But he never was a talker Now it seems his tales are being told By his rusty Navy foot locker
Spoken
I was playing poker in a tavern in Nepal Losing big and drinking pure grain alcohol When a grey-haired barmaid with a kind, familiar face Turned up at the table like a lucky ace She said my crooked smile and eyes of ocean blue Looked just like a dashing lover she once knew…
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nice
Last edited by Neil Cotton; 01/17/18 09:41 AM.
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Thanks Neil.
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That's good stuff Grouchy.
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Thanks Ronnie.
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I like this a story well told.
Just a writer of words
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thanks AlanJack.
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