Silent Witness

Brother C.J. Chatham, III, usually writing about his love life, comes up with a different poem below, one he wrote after going to one of his school reunions and seeing familiar items.

Silent Witness

Blistered with various shades of red, green and yellow,
the worn fire hydrant by the side of the road by the school
remains as an unsuspecting monument, a silent
witness since the iron vessel was first cast by
Mueller in Chatta, Tenn. in 1956. The letters are
hard to read due to the various attempts to make
it look good, but it is old. It has seen changes in
the thousands of cars that have passed by, and
changes in the children who went to the school,
who are now sending their children to the school.
How many children have used it as a bench, I
don’t know, but it could tell a few good stories.
It has seen changes in the school, growing slowly­
a new addition to the cafeteria is the latest thing.
One wonders if it even works with two of the three
caps removed from the side valves, but the 5 1/4
inch side, the big side is covered, and should work.

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