The Daily
written by: Carl “Papa” Palmer
7am Tacoma Washington
coffee thermos on the porch
house shoes & bath robe
sight shortened by morning fog
mist alters familiar landscape
erases neighborhood homes
streetlamp glow barely reaches
the ground as her haze shadowed
Honda arrives, lights blink twice,
waits at bottom of my driveway
with warm folded news tribune
and empty mug for a daily refill.
Carl “Papa” Palmer of Old Mill Road in Ridgeway, Virginia, lives in University Place, Washington. He is retired from the military and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) enjoying life as “Papa” to his grand descendants and being a Franciscan Hospice volunteer.
PAPA’s MOTTO: Long Weekends Forever!
PAPA’s MOTTO: Long Weekends Forever!
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