1. ODE TO GRANNY’S CHAIR
By: Jacqueline Gabel

2. Back when I was a child, and Story time
rolled in every afternoon after
naptime,

3. The old wooden chair cradled
Granny, And her grandchildren
snuggled in her lap

4. while her childhood memories spilled
from her lips, her arms clutched the
limbs of the chair,

5. intertwining like vines cherishing
morning glories at the break of dawn.

6. The chair shone like an old movie that
whispered its story of growing up in
World War II Germany in black and
white.

7. Granny reminisced of a time when she
farmed for carrots and foraged for
potatoes in the yard,

8. Of how the world rotated in a
relaxed motion, Like a pitcher
warming up his arm in bullpen.

9. The ebon coated wood guffawed
Every time its accomplice sank down
In its white chambray cushion.

10. nicks and notches distressed the
bocote like grooves on a quarter,

11. Each one reminding you of caressing
the ridges in your favorite quilt.