(my great granddaughter
flew in from Texas today
to throw her arms around
my neck and wish me 
a happy father’s day)

Grief puts glasses on
a near-sighted man
and helps him clearly see
the beauty of life. Death 
could be the next knock
that comes to to door.
And yet…And yet
here is Penelope
rushing in with her news
of the best and worst of times,
as if it matters
and that makes life matter to me.
With Penelope
i have no bleak,
just a curiosity
to see what happens next 

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