And when I am gone ...

• what will make them think of me

• an empty desk

• an ugly cacti that no one else wants
• some wooden woodwork planes left on my desk
• my handwriting when they see it

• what will make you think of me
• our old gray dog that I picked out at the pound
• The General with Buster Keaton
• places where we walked together
• the songs of the Mountain Goats
• what will make her think of me
• the old jokes that we shared together
• the chew of fresh rolls from the corner shop
• jam from the autumn brambles we gathered together
• the tug in the calves upon climbing the hills
• what will make you think of me
• all those fruit trees I planted over the years
• boxes upon boxes of old 2000ADs
• the house we chose together
• Aberdeen
• and when I am gone, you will look at our daughters, and think of me,