On Moving Day
Our new house is sturdy
The old white molding thick lining
Each floor, window, door
The wooden boards can take a beating,
They have proven hard
These radiators heated many winters and will heat ours
The porcelain tub will hold our washing
As it has a hundred years.
And it is good this house is sturdy, for
A flimsy house could not hold
What will happen here—
What happens when we invite our friends
To let their shoulders down, truly
In a beautiful and complicated world.
This house can host what’s hard so
I will not ask for easy.
