15,000 Yesterdays

Birdie today singing just like
the birdies
of 15,000 yesterdays ago . . .

a day at the paint store!

Old Mr. N. would mix

the paint:

wooden stick for stirring,

a machine,

a method,

then, the pouring -- 

always the same.

Little Mr. N. . . . . .

Plain, white shirt and

wire-rimmed glasses --

"spectacles."

Like a grandpa.

Never had one.