( dad )

flipping through the cb2 catalog

i was surprised to find

what stuck in my mind the most

were these c-clamps used as bookends.

{ of course they've gone and recast their own

which takes all the fun out of it. }

but it made me think

of a rather fond memory.

shortly after moving into my very first house

my dad stopped over to help with a project

and he hauled along with him

an extraordinarily large c-clamp.

large. like two-foot-long large.

i had to laugh.

dad, what the heck am i going to do with that?

he shrugged in his quiet way, it might come in handy.

and you know, i think he was right.

i have a lot of books...