A Bond of Friendship and Work
Posted by Stephen Pray in Poems - Uplifting on 18-7-12
Aroma of fresh cut wood permeates the house,
as my friend and now employee
installs a Red Oak floor.
Already my hall and study are done.
and his hand-crafted bookshelves
line the now mint green walls.
Screeching buzz of the circular saw,
sharp bangs of hammering,
and a phhit phhit of the nail gun
a distant echo as I drift off in a bit of diabetic snooze.
A waft of smoke tickles my nose
as the saw binds and screams;
I holler out “Hey, you’re not supposed
to be burning the floor, just installing it!”
His false laughter followed by “I’m toasting
marshmallows want one?” is his quick comeback.
It’s almost time to go to lunch and ogle pretty girls.
The Road to a Friend’s House is Never Long
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Stephen Pray was born in Portland, Maine, and grew up in the little town of Windham where he graduated high school. Even in those early years Steve was writing poetry, and his school librarian predicted that one day she would see his work in print. Stephen went into the Air Force in 1969 as a security policeman and was first stationed at Wheelus AFB in Libya. He then went to RAF Mildenhall, England, and met his future wife, Sharon, in near-by Cambridge. Steve and Sharon have been married for over 31 years and their love has given birth to three beautiful daughters. Their youngest child is Emily, who is a 23-year-old music major with hopes of teaching K-12. Middle child is Sally, who is becoming a child psychologist. First-born is Katy, who is wife to Brad and mother to Liam. Steve is proud of all his daughters’ accomplishments and he is very proud of his wonderful grandson. Understandably, love is a great inspiration for Steve’s poetry. Stephen roamed the world for 23 years with his wife and growing family, and the American Air Force, before retiring to Dayton, Ohio in the U.S.A. Stephen is a voracious reader of science fiction with over 4,000 books in his collection. He would like to take up sailing. He likes to watch movies, read lots of poetry, spend time with his family, and play with his dog, “Freckles”.
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