I watched Kristina open the shipping box
and take out a pretty big cylinder
of heavy plastic
I thought was a lot of packing stuff
but she and Chaz rolled it out
and I saw right away
after flattening
it was the under chair
floor mat
for the rolling chair
she bought me
so I could roll right up
to the computer on the table
and not scratch the floor.
“You’re being upgraded, Dad!”
How spoiled can I be?
How lucky?

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