04-02-2022, 07:53 AM
Arcadia (To His Sister)
Welcome again to my little house and, I hope,
your new third home.
Here we can speak gently, drink a little wine,
and as we discuss our past, store up good memories against its future discontents.
Sit on paired rockers, saying little; point out songbirds, talk of favorite recent books.
Scent citronella.
Watch a movie with no message, have a coffee, then
return to your own adored first home.
But remember mine with just a little joy, and
never be a stranger.
Welcome again to my little house and, I hope,
your new third home.
Here we can speak gently, drink a little wine,
and as we discuss our past, store up good memories against its future discontents.
Sit on paired rockers, saying little; point out songbirds, talk of favorite recent books.
Scent citronella.
Watch a movie with no message, have a coffee, then
return to your own adored first home.
But remember mine with just a little joy, and
never be a stranger.
Non-practicing atheist