A child\u2019s fingers tying canvas shoelaces.<\/p>\n
Tentative steps out the door,<\/p>\n
Burdened with books,<\/p>\n
Fraught with anxiety,<\/p>\n
Answering uncertainly.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A soldier\u2019s fingers tying bootlaces.<\/p>\n
The smell of polish before morning parade.<\/p>\n
In the service of the nation,<\/p>\n
Orders are barked, and followed.<\/p>\n
With resentment, not pride.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
An adult\u2019s fingers tying Doc Martens.<\/p>\n
The frantic push through carriage doors,<\/p>\n
\u201cMind the gap!\u201d is exhorted.<\/p>\n
Papers shuffled, phones answered.<\/p>\n
Mondays hated, Fridays awaited.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A father\u2019s fingers tying his child\u2019s laces.<\/p>\n
The morning commute crawls along.<\/p>\n
Stress builds, tempers fray.<\/p>\n
Model nuclear family?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a myth.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The mortician\u2019s fingers now tie his laces.<\/p>\n
Mournful faces file past,<\/p>\n
The resplendence of his Sunday best,<\/p>\n
The endless slumber in oak pine cedar.<\/p>\n
It comes full circle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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