We Three (2009)

The snow has covered the driveway
and soon the plow will pack it to ice
and we will dream how in 3 years
the plow will be re-routed for sleds
and ice skates
as we construct the perfect jump
with the solitary goal of a laugh
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The yard will change
we will dream of this too
as we make room for tricycles and jungle gyms
swing sets and castles
where I will inevitably play the prince

The sound of the house will change
as the hallway from the living room to the bedroom
will become a track where dogs are chased
and finger prints out number fresh paint

The bathroom will change
and will now resemble a meeting place for all things that float
from old shampoo bottles now newly christened as small ships
to large yellow ducks whose sole purpose in life
is to kiss the ships on the lips

The bedrooms will change
pictures will mark landmarks in time
from first smiles to first teeth
photos of family vacations
with South American palm trees
to snow capped mountains
that peak the Rockies

The dogs will change
Piper’s chin will now have turned completely white
and will have grown patient and tolerable to the constant
pulling of her tail and tugging of her ears
and Stella will have traded her exploring for sleeping
as Lola will have quieted all of her past nervous years

You and I will change
although our love will have grown stronger
we will now have built the life and lived the life
that I had spent the last decade scribbling down in poems
and I will have loved you
and laughed with you
all along
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