After two hours reuniting with
twenty year old toys stored
in the attic since he was ten,
Star Wars, He-Man and
Transformers, he demonstrates,
with authentic sound effects,
how the red car can be changed
into a robotic mechanical man.
His wife only sees how her husband
transforms into a ten year old boy.
Carl “Papa” Palmer of Old Mill Road in Ridgeway, Virginia, now lives in University Place, Washington. He has a 2015 contest winning poem riding buses somewhere in Seattle. Carl is a Pushcart Prize and Micro Award nominee. Motto: Long Weekends Forever. www.authorsden.com/carlpalmer
A Quiet Courage 