Donkeyland, a Side Street Saga, 1960s
Grandpa’s House
[The Old House on Cayuga Street]
The house needed painting
Sun-blistered and flaking
Grandpa started to have us
Boys—start
Doing some scraping—
While he, pealed off the ole
Paint, and started painting…
Just a humble wooden house
With several rooms, but
Strong enough to keep the
Winds and winter snows out!
How he loved that ole house!...
An’ his well-kept yard, which
Contained lilac bushes, and
Big shade trees; where birds
And squirrels lived—season
To season, scattered on…
Branches—they looked like
Play things
(back in the 50s & 50s)
#807 8/18/05
