THE RED CHAIR
This is a picture of a red chair that
my dad made in the 1940’s or so.
It’s still around. It's been painted and repainted
at various times in its existence. It sat there
in Brooklyn. Now it sits there in Doylestown, PA.
in Brooklyn. Now it sits there in Doylestown, PA.
He fished the wood from the waters of
the Narrows – between Staten Island
and Brooklyn – brought it home and made
this chair – along with the green fence
that surrounded our back yard. My dad,
he worked doing a lot of lifting of flower
and sugar and stuff for Nabisco's Big Bakery
in New York and then Fairlawn, N.J. - but
better - he enjoyed reading - especially
poetry - and being a carpenter and a fisherman
on the side. Wow, he showed me big time
we are made in the image and likeness of God -
Carpenter, Baker, Fisherman, Creator and Father.
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2015
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