Potpurrie and paint

[rayheinrich]

What a wonderful, unapologetically nostalgic reminisce.
What makes it work, tempers the sentimentallity, is the detailed,
concrete (just a slight pun intended) list.

But not just a good list, an array of dear objects fixed at just
the right points in a collage. So sensible, irrefutable:  
"The Fact of a Doorframe" as Adrienne Rich said.

Nits:

"Pot-plants" will just get billy over-excited as "pot" is slang for "marijuana" in a lot
of places ; I'd change it to "potted plants" or "dried-up peas" or something else in the home.

"Acer" is so easy to misinterpret, maybe "Maple"?

Comma after "layers".

"It’s that left behind warm spot on the settee"
should maybe be:
"It’s that warm spot left behind on the settee"
or use dashes:  left-behind warm-spot

"a vessel for life to be discovered."
should maybe be"
"a vessel of life to be discovered."

Typo: "Exits"


Especially liked:

"a strip of morning sunlight that makes
the dust dance and finds the cat curled,"

"tracking life in time-checked glances,"


"leaving laughter on dried up peas"

"You can see it breathe as curtains lift"