Our mother would say,
‘The blessed thing is stuck,
could you open it?’
He made a particular sound
a particular grimace,
our father opening jars,
he would say, ‘only
a circus strongman or I
could’ve opened it’,
which I just said
after my wife handed me
a jar. I opened it
with a particular sound
a particular grimace.
Out popped our father.
Richard Langston
