Inheritance
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In the cornerOf a basement closet
A dark-green velvet covered box
Keeps my family tree
Grandpa 's sword
And
Dad's 2nd-world war M-1 Rifle
I wipe off the dust
And wonder
What should I leave for my son?
The gun
Or
My broken pen?
© Syavash Shaghayegh
Oct. 31, 1998
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