this is for Kimberly.

Sometimes

a thing

just calls out your name.

I love old things.

I love flea markets.

I love seeing how creative people

take old things

and give them a new life.

When I saw this old thing

I could not walk away.

The green color 

is delicious.

I smoothed it down 

just a little

and rubbed it down

just a little.

And now it is waiting

in my garage

for 

you

Kimberly.

Waiting for you

to give it new life.

I know you will love it

and will find

a special place

for it to live.

And 

I can't wait 

to see

what you do with it.

When I first started

to clean it up

I started to suspect

that it was in such good shape

that it might not

even be old.

But then I noticed 

that the metal parts

are all rusty.

And the nails 

are square.

Square.

But the thing that called out my name

was

the

green

color.

I hope it makes you smile

when you see it.

I love you.