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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
Copyright ©
Barbara Peckham
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