Bone Hole
You have a house,
its floor may be dirt, wood,
tile, concrete, glass, or higher class,
and if there are walls
they may be solid
may be holey
your might-be roof
or might-not-be roof
may work
may drip
or leak light
and there’s too much to do
too many knot-wads
so you start on locks,
and windows, and rugs,
and furniture, and mortgages,
and driveways
yet you don’t know the neighbors,
can’t nip your own nubs
as you run to not fall
hopimg future’s failure annulls
you can make it better
you can make it worse
the glory’s yours, so’s the curse
– Smith, 11.13.2017
