Friday, February 11, 2022

BUDDENBROOKS

Reading the book 

I see my father 

Reading it. He is

Younger than I am

And has a yellow pad

Next to his elbow

(Of course he does;

Where else for 

Stray thoughts,

Written in pencil?)

He notes the same figure

I do now, candlelit,

Stepping from a tapestry 

Then back.

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