Forever Friend

 I was (as you know)

your father's friend,

his support and sanctuary.

He trusted me

with his Royal

and knew I would guard

his heavy black pencils,

gum erasers,

handheld hole punch

and precious papers.

Robert Frost, 

forever choosing between two roads,

was my partner

your Dad's familiar,

watching over us from the wall.

And you, young lady,

used to slip in on the sly

and pretend to be

as great as the man you loved so much.

Now he has passed

but you have his treasures in a box

and me 

in your home,

an honored guest.

I know you know

that I am your friend as well

and can be trusted to be here

(sans ashtray)

to guard your things and your heart

just as I did

for your Daddy

when you were just a child.

for Dverse Poetics: Personifying the Abstract

Music: Nilsson Good Old Desk

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