ever have you sat in a hot attic and looked at all the history
of the nails  the wood how it was cut and the effort
to get it here so true
and the men that day they erected it
did they have kids
were they drunks or
christians
good family men
or jacklegs trying to get
enough money for their next fix
and how it doesn't let any water in or memories out
and how it just seems old and historic
complete protection of this structure and the stucco downstairs and grandmas
cedar chest and all those old pictures
I don't look at those I look at the beams the nails showing through and think of
the energy
the thought behind
the roof
overhead
overheard