ACCOUNT OF MY DAYS
Sequence: 4
DAN MCKIBBEN
sunny window bay in the kitchen
where the rocker sits
the women coming and going
talking over his condition
just inside the doorway
his first daughter now old
standing with this thing by her skirts
another great-grandchild
the child is staring never mind no
never mind clear to view
across the little swale of pasture sits
the churchyard with its herd of stones
there is room for more
you can hear the singing already
the load gets lifted more hard work
done and another land swap