Wanting

Oh, oh! pity party I want my old house back I want it summer windows open curtains fluttering in the ocean breeze I want my carpet sofa chairs desk etagere coffee table piles of books and magazines I want my little kitchen chopping block island glass-front cabinets with the Chilmark pottery I want my garden rhododendrons Montauk daisies the curved path with axioms carved into flat stones I want my white-fenced yard garden shed made by the Martha’s Vineyard High School carpentry class I want my wide-railing porch settee swing and chair blue and white striped cushions flower baskets hanging all around I want my friends, my neighborhood ocean beach plums wild grapes for the picking I want my old home back