Booth 2: One more go!

MR reads the poem while slumped in the Booth 2, one boot on the table top and the other hanging off the edge.

The day was the 10th of January, and Verble's song of the day on that day was Eric Clapton's "Give Me Strength" - a strong, yet humble, cry out to GOD for gentle arms to pick up our tired bodies, our aching souls . . .

the poem:

He put his hand on the splinters of the door frame to steady himself.

The house was quiet now. No car in the driveway. No dinner on the table.
His bootprint lingered  on the middle panel of the open door.