Old Chair

Dobie sat here on this porch

in this chair
spinnin' tales for whoever would listen.

He'd clear his throat an'

start pointing a hand
like aiming a gun in the air.

"That winter in the Nevadas," he'd tell,

"Took three shells to stop that bear."

And the spark in his eye

was good cause for a tale from that porch
and that old chair.
©Steve Dirksen