Sinecure

There have been more hectic days - yet seldom 

as many personalities emerged to fill the gaps - 

they’re eclectic kinesiology expressions, or just 

beginnings of what will be, yet real signs appear 

in the seams with consistency too adroit to be a 

mere coincidence; my grandkids you’ll say, with 

an inward sigh like a portentous smile of relief - 

and as my best guess - this is only a prelude 

Two, four and five years of age, a handful when 

the fingers clutch at still-vibrating air of a surreal 

promise to behave within a sinecure of properly, 

tho there’s ample evidence of civility without too 

hard-handed definition of standards to apply - a 

comfort zone where we can find lucid refuge 

More hectic days, yes - but rarely as enervating 

as word origin discussions with a four year old 

who knew what he was talking about - & didn’t 

see it as pretentious or odd, merely a chat with 

Granddad who thought he knew a few of them 

you’d likely be quite interested in hearing too 

© 23 January 2015, I. D. Carswell