A Low Voice And A Nice Walk Poem by Donal Mahoney

Gramps by the fire
in his rocker hunched over
is rolling his smoke with care

when Tom, his grandson, asks,
"What's the most important thing
to look for in a wife? "

Gramps stares into the fire intently
then finally says, "You want a wife
with a low voice and a nice walk,

a low voice because later in life
your ears give out but her odd jobs
become more numerous

and a nice walk because you want to
let her go first forever and make
all that extra work worthwhile."