Dear Harvey

 

I am thrilled to course through your veins

and down to your hands onto what looks a lot

like typewriter keys but I know is something else.

 

I’m your grandfather Harry

and you were named for me.

 

You would think I’d be marveling

at so much that has changed.

 

But you don’t understand.

Nothing has changed.

 

I won’t use a lot of words because

all you need to know is simple.

 

Follow the Ten Commandments.

Especially, honor your father and mother.

 

I taught your mother by example.

I always had a flower in my lapel

and gave the best advice I could

to those that sought me out.

 

But of course the Great Depression

taught me a thing or two.

 

So what can I tell you?

 

Life can move in mysterious ways.

When you can, try to understand

that it’s not what you do

but how you do it that will

be your legacy.