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My Dad's Photo Album

April 16, 2021
By Anonymous

There is nothing like a huge

Spaghetti eating Sicilian family,

In black and white, with hoses or

Fire chiefs or training pants,

With oversized foreheads and tempers

Searing through the camera.

Nothing like “I’ve Got Sunshine on a Cloudy Day”

Or “Hot Town, Summer in the City,”

That screams summer of 1965 on 65th Street,

Or a baby’s first steps or first smile or

Graduations or baptisms or First Communions,

That flick the thin line between yesterday and the

Future.

© Anonymous

The author's comments:

For my dad--a tribute to my dad's cool childhood and our family's Sicilian heritage. 

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SparrowSun ELITE said...
on Apr. 21 2021 at 8:54 pm
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
200 articles 23 photos 1053 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

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arent they all?
Lydiaq ELITE said...
on Apr. 20 2021 at 9:46 pm
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
172 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
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--me

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Lol, my dad is very much alive. And bonus: crazy.
SparrowSun ELITE said...
on Apr. 20 2021 at 6:21 pm
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
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Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

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(if so, im very sorry for your loss)
SparrowSun ELITE said...
on Apr. 20 2021 at 6:21 pm
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
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Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

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uhm... the sidenote... is your dad... alive?