the clock and calendar

a job, three squares.
a shingle on the wall.
a house,
a fence a dog.
a wife
two kids, a car in
the driveway
a chicken
in the oven.
a yard full of grass.
a roof over
our heads.
just the bare necessities
and a tad more.
a clock and a calendar
keeping track
of it all,
but what about
love?