| The Housewife
House holds me...
my rough loves
and grubby feet
my fingers that have
combed the garden bare
my unbound breasts
and twiggy hair
my naked face
as plain as stone
my spicy breath
and tea-stained towels
my paint that oozes from the tubes
and gums the carpet Prussian Blue
my shedding cat
my dusty books
my mounds of poems
thick as snow
my bones and nests
and snarled vines
my frayed, untidy clothes.
In return, I sweep the hearth,
fill the teapot, rake the leaves,
rub the windows till they shine,
keep the gutters clean,
stoke the fires, feed the birds,
prune the roses, all pest-free,
and love the house
that holds me.
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- Elizabeth Yon is a free-lance writer and poet. She
conductscreative writing workshops at Perry County Prison and in local high schools. In
1999 she was chosen as the Perry County Poet Laureate. Her work has appeared in The
Raystowne Review and Artsquarter.
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