-- Moving upstairs..
little by little
this much by that much
he gestured to me with his hand..
And i smiled..
Six years into a phd program is no small a time,
perhaps after school,
rarely there has been such a long chime..
now is when they moved me upstairs..
i have been at the basement and first too,
at the second floor,
so now upstairs is not at all a chore..
For him though,
my professor,
a philosophical sore..
little by little..
this much by that much..
gesturing me with his hand..
now, with many more grey hair
than i even can dare
that we all the academic bunch,
faculty, staff and students..
Are moving upstairs..
And i smiled..
Nodded..
hardly any words to give back in return
but he said it all, though taciturn
we are all moving upstairs..
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