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Analyze and Interpret Donald Justice's " My South" in 450 words

My South: On the Porch

Donald Justice

There used to be a way the sunlight caught 
The cocoons of caterpillars in the pecans. 
A boy's shadow would lengthen to a man's  
Across the yard then, slowly. And if you thought 
Some sleepy god had dreamed it all up -- well, 
There was my grandfather, Lincoln-tall and solemn, 
Tapping his pipe out on a white-flaked column, 
Carefully, carefully, as though it were his job. 
And we would watch the pipe-stars as they fell. 
As for the quiet, the same train always broke it. 
Then the great silver watch rose from his pocket 
For us to check the hour, the dark fob 
Dangling the watch between us like a moon. 
It would be evening soon then, very soon.