The Old Letter Jacket


By larry r Linville



It hangs on a nail in the hallway

as it has for so many years

displaying the old school colors

while it listens for old school cheers.



It was once daily apparel

the owner went nowhere without it.

But it’s been there alone forever

because these day it just doesn’t fit.



It’s colors seem to have faded

but the letter hangs there like a sign

of a teenager’s accomplishments

in sports and in music so fine.



It watches its owner each day

as he walks by without a glance.

If it could talk it would might ask

“Could I just once get a second glance?”



“Just pick me up and hold me,

and remember those good old days

when we went to games and concerts

and the junior and senior plays.”



If you have your letter jacket

It might lift your heart a bit

To take it and spend some minutes

and wear it if it happens to fit.