The best use of enchantment
(For Helen and Aidan and You)
I want to tell you of an overheard telephone exchange
I was fortunate enough to hear one side of in my office
years ago when i had no children: real, god- or other. Strange
how in that time in Philadelphia, as a novice
spouse, this struck me and stuck with me a long,
long time. My office mate and i were working late as usual
and he took the time to call his young sons,
as they prepared for bed and told a story all seussical
like. And when the rhymes receded and the tale was done,
he told them each, in no uncertain terms, how important
they were to him and not just to him but to everyone.
And i thought what a wonderful thing to hear after Horton,
when one is with one's brother in a bed of wonder.
Protection later on from hateful words' scary thunder.
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