Chapter 25 - THE STOOL

The wooden shoe-polishing stool survived.
Unlike the rack.
It sat in estate storage for decades.
One facilities manager asked if I wanted it discarded.
I said:
“Ask Lila.”
She was thirty.
Her answer:
“Why is that thing still here?”
Excellent question.
She donated it to a community theater costume shop.
They used it for actors changing shoes backstage.
No plaque.
May you like
No explanation.
An object finally receiving an ordinary job.