Oblio
On the next shelf down was an old typesetter's case
For storing movable type used in old printing presses.
Figurines, Photos, Icons and more replace
The type the case was designed for. Daniel guesses
His mom had found it in a yard sale decades ago.
Engines for trains and old steam tractor toys
Shared the case. Also a picture of Oblio,
Harry Nilsson's anti-hero from the cartoon: "The Point"
Every time Daniel looked at the little dough-
Like boy with the knitted point cap,
Fond memories of listening to the story
On his old record player came even with the tap-tap-tap
Repeating at the end of a side. His history
Olio is what his mom had called the case of wood
Now it comforted him in this new spacetime for good.
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