I Recall

I recall A sweet, white, quaint and quiet home The place where no one wished to live Ideal for the overcoming grief Once the neighbors had settled they stayed there And the newcomers intimidated with foul air So neighbors we for centuries knew I think of misfit as our pool That near the over consumer put And when we drained it wasn’t gone Instead—a shadow on our yard The yard that once Served as a paradise for us With aged,unkempt ,yet charming barn The barn that withered now shrunk And then—the gentle ribbon of blue Near which the Fertile Forest grew The snow which verdant pines highlight The leaves that gilded in the fall The delicate buds that grew in spring And in the summer sap with string Inside which that we came to bathe The water murky did we care? And through the stream where trout swam With glimpse of sun in Humid days And then the rusted shower cabin Blackened with rot, yet smell wonderful Outhouse with a giant black hole So enormous you fought not to fall