I refinished an old desk bought at a local antique store and now have it in my living room. I had to use the furniture stripper twice on the top because I could still see the water rings then stained it to match the original color and put a brilliant polyurethane gloss on the top.
As I worked hard in the garage in the Texas heat in August refinishing this desk I was wondering its story. If desks could talk…
Here’s my day 8 poem:
Generational Thinking
…
The desk so mid-century
Sat solid and stately
But now it is lately
Neglected and old
…
With glass rings are lifting
the finish, I’m thinking
The one who did use it
Was busy I’m sure
…
Who sat and pushed paper
Or solved a crime caper
Or wrote a big novel
The New York Times list
…
Where was it a sitting
In small or tall building
And now what’s it doing
Retired and poor
…
Can’t we just shine it
Millenially find it
A place for an iPad
To sit and to think
…
To blog and to journal
And twitter a kernel
But give it a coaster
For under our drink.
…
~Julie Robinson
