Amelia's Earring

her lost diamond

earring has become Amelia

Earhart's plane.

no one can find it.

i've tossed

the house,

turned over the mattress,

looked

in the trash,

searched the rooms, 

crawled on my hands

and knees

across the rugs

with a flashlight.

every time she comes over

we search again.

we cover every inch of the

house

she's been in, but

with no luck.

it's a mystery

that will never be solved

and i never

bring up the possibility

of my hoover

vacuum dog.