On the Resourcefulness of Others
From I am The Big Heart, Brick Books, 2020.
On the Resourcefulness of Others
I am not tending to my fire.
I am not tending to it, and in the absence
of my tending, the neighbour has taken
up the floorboards from my porch
and used them in her fire.
I love my neighbour.
I admire her resourcefulness.
But I regret my neglected porch, hanging
dumbly below the door jamb.