The Little Boat
More thoughts on parenting
In the workshop behind my house
I built a little boat, a model, really,
the width of a shoebox, the length
of my arm, and because I am not
naturally gifted with my hands,
it took years to build. I learned
to bend the wood without breaking
it, how glue and a vice will hold,
and how to remove splinters from
under my fingernails, the most sens…