Tables and Chairs
Cute little tables.
Adaptable, charming, old
Or new, mostly wood
But maybe painted.
Creating nooks through the house,
Cozying it up.
Sometimes bested by
Irresistable little
Adorable chairs.
Black and White Dogs
The man down the street's
floppy-eared black and white dog
recently passed on.
This man lives alone.
The dog was his true best friend.
We just moved here,
Don't know the dog's name,
but I do know the sadness
of losing a dog.
Out walking today,
I saw another old man
walking his old dog,
Black, white, floppy-eared.
I thought of my new neighbor,
and his fresh, raw grief.
Too Many Cooks
Moved to an old house
With a congested kitchen.
I painted it orange.
I cluttered it up,
Put my little ceramic
Rooster on the sill—
A pepper shaker.
The hen, a salt shaker, went
To the resale shop
A few years ago,
the rooster being long lost...
Found, under the stove.
