For: Dad, Jack & Pete <br /> <br /> <br />Red-plaid flannel <br />Hangs meaningless <br />On the hook <br /> <br />Waiting silently <br /> <br />For <br /> <br />Your soft laugh <br />To slip <br />In my back-door <br /> <br /> <br />May 5,2006 ~ <br />Mountaintop Cottage, Tennessee<br /><br />Debora Short<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mortal-goodbyes-2/