The Girl in the TV
They were framed
in large, gold-rimmed spectacles,
his eyes.
And my grandpa looked
through them
to read the newspaper.
I was beyond,
staring at the TV,
its already small frame
getting smaller
still,
with time.
And I watched the girl
in the TV
shout and scream
at her grandpa.
But my grandpa
did not see.
So I turned it off.
And removed his large,
gold-rimmed spectacles
so that I
might climb onto his lap
and read the newspaper.
2 responses so far ↓
sunwick // May 7, 2008 at 6:09 pm
i like the concise observational tone. looking in my writerly way, I thought of switching up or eliminating “his eyes”-3rd line
soleh // May 17, 2008 at 10:35 pm
When I read it, I remember about –Spectacles Potry–