Bricks and plaster

Bricks and plaster
Spread with love
Cracked and shifted
Chipped with story
Friend to ivy
Oddly sensitive
Textural delight

In squares and arcs
A sense of peace
Blankets of chalk
Washed with soap
Left to age
Slower than we
Beautiful calendar

Scratching out notches
Smashing out doorways
Adding a window
Filling one in
The scars and wrinkles
Of choices we made
When we had the time
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3/13/09