Dad\u2019s Wool Shirt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looks pretty ragged,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
left cuff will not stay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
buttoned. Both sleeves<\/p>\n\n\n\n
have holes at the elbows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A front button is missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wool plaid–greys, maroons, navy blues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was my Dad\u2019s but fits me well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the warmest shirt I own;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
must be at least twenty by now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gets me through our winters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another is gold and brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n
but it has shrunk and no longer fits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The one in black and blue has elbow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
patches that were the rage way back when. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These shirts don\u2019t feel as warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ragged shirt hangs in the closet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It hasn\u2019t been cold enough to wear it lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Can\u2019t bring myself to throw it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ll leave it be; might get cold<\/p>\n\n\n\n
enough to wear it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Avalon Literary Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Winter 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dad\u2019s Wool Shirt Looks pretty ragged, left cuff will not stay buttoned. Both sleeves have holes at the elbows. A front button is missing. Wool plaid–greys, maroons, navy blues. It was my Dad\u2019s but fits me well. It is the warmest shirt I own; must be at least twenty by now. Gets me through our… Continue reading Dad’s Old Shirt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}