Our House

Well, Grandma
you left me the house
I say
though she can’t hear me
unless what they say about the spirit world
is true
and she’s here in her kitchen with me
the one to which
I’m taking a destructive attitude
starting next week
In short
I am remodeling this whole place.
Well, Grandma,
I say
and did you know that the heater
would pack it up
so soon after you left
if so
I wish you would have let me know
and the upstairs bathroom
my goodness what a mess.
I must get rid of that tile
and the plumbing
I am donating to a museum.
But Grandma
it was so kind-hearted of you
to remember me and
generous and
I miss you even more
now that I am here.
I think
I will paint the kitchen
the color you have always used
and when spring comes
I will keep your garden for you
just as you like it.

1/25/18