His Chair

      Zozo

Stanzas	3
Lines	6 lines, 7 lines, 8 lines = 21 lines
Syllable/Words	15 syllables/line
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His Chair

1              I used to feel no compunction about sitting in his chair

                After he’d made his way upstairs, going to bed for the night.

                Now the dark blue La-Z-boy recliner sits where its’ always sat,

                In the corner of the living room, partially blocking a door,

5              But the family doesn’t sit in it, unless company comes.

                No one has said, “Don’t sit in Grampy’s chair,” it’s just understood.

                That’s where Grampy has sat since my first memory as a kid;

                In his recliner, surveying through the big picture window.

                Random comments about what he saw would boom across the room

10            And he’d expect a comment back agreeing with what he said.

                His decrees about life from his throne were often times funny

                Especially when he was watching all the evening news shows;

                He definitely thought he could do a better job than most.

                Everyone knew to wave as they went by, whether you saw him or not,

15            Just in case, or you’d hear about it the next time he saw you.

                It was all in the good nature of ribbing between neighbors.

                If anyone needed help with anything Grampy was there.

                If advice was needed for a project, he’d give you plenty,

                Especially if it was planting a vegetable garden.

20            He’d watch from his chair in the living room as neighbors planted

                Shaking his head and planning his next bit of advice to give.