January 30, 2023

 

TOOL  BOX

 

Sometimes I like to open a tool box

and one by one take out the tools.

I’m all alone in the basement or the garage –

alone with the gray and the cement floor.

I like to hold for a moment – to  look

at a hammer – always first a hammer –

just two pieces - metal and wood –

simplicity and purpose and strength.

Next a screw driver – Phillips or regular –

then a pair of pliers, then a wrench, tools –

invented long ago – around for years –

basic, necessary, the same – hopefully like friends.

 

© Reflections,  Andy Costello