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Home?
by Patricia Hilliard
Friday, August 11, 2006
Rated "G" by the Author.
Whose idea of a home is this?

Home?

Who could call this home?

Who would take this weedy corner,
plagued with briars and deadly nightshade?

Who would want to live between abandon buildings, where jagged sidewalks lie speckled with lead paint?

Who would risk their life to defend a home

among the ruins of an old laundry where women and children once sweat their lives away for pennies--

A home surrounded by broken glass and garbage

Who would call this a home?

Yet some small bird threatens me from among the weeds.

She curses me for treading on her territory.

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Reviewed by E. Lucas-Taylor 8/11/2006

Good one. That last verse is a twist. Love it!

Reviewed by Mr. Ed 8/11/2006

We could learn a lot from our bird friends, who truly value their homes - no matter where they are. I recently had a mother starling make her home in our oven vent - and we didn't use our stove until Momma and all her babies finally left for greener pastures.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack 8/11/2006

Your last paragraph said what I was about to say as I read the rest of it, so you beat me to it, funny where woodland creatures can adapt too...I liked this one, thanks, ED & Rufuz