making the new bed

the house

is ready for sale.

there's a sign in the yard.

see how it shines. see how

it's empty

and clean.

look at the floors,

the walls,

the new roof outside

the cut lawn

and roses, just planted.

it's as if no one

ever lived here before.

there were no births,

no joy, no laughter,

no fear or death.

it's a clean slate now.

ready for a new tenant

to make their bed.