"The Sleeping Watchman"


I consider my Pops a protector, and, particularly, his shoes. Those shoes could be instruments of support, at times a source of protection. 

Remembering how my Pops would sleep walk, sauntering outdoors at night in his skivvies, brandishing his shoes, spanking them against each other in a sort of guarding liturgy. 

What ogres was our he insulating us from? Prevailing as a sentry, even in his dreams he was our "Sleeping Watchman", he was our protector!

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