I Know a Few Things

I know a few things
-- yes I do --
yes I do for sure

Like a hamster
tucked in all day
wakes at dusk.

There are things to abhor
-- sure there are --
things you like more, trust...

I found old barn wood
is plenty dry --
very dry for sure,

just fine for
building your
own furniture:

Like a table fine
for breakin' your bread ...
with cane-backed chairs

Or, a guitar painted red,
to make your songs live,
like songs of heaven's stairs.

Or, a sturdy mantle
of dry barn wood
to hold pictures

Messages of a long life
-- your long life --
I know this for sure.

Copyright © 2010-11 Patrick Darnell