Thursday, June 20, 2019

MEMORABLE

"The title of the book is
Antlers in the Tree Top"
I told my dad in my most 
serious third-grade voice.

"The book was written by
Who Goosed a Moose" 

I'd overheard the joke
on the school playground
but I failed to imagine
my father's response.

He bent double. Great gasps 
of laughter heaved out
of his wide-open mouth
Tears flowed down his cheeks

That rendered the joke indelible
glued in my mind for 73 years

I can't forget watching
him wipe away his tears
still hee-hawing.

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