Thursday, January 10, 2013

The quilt that is our kitchen

My first client is at 3:00 so I am sitting in my old place at the dining room table, surveying the ducks, and gazing on the new kitchen.  A friend observed (thanks, Rick!) that we were piecing the kitchen together like a quilt.  That seems apt.  We are piecing things together.  With all the stainless steel it comes as a surprise to me that none of the surfaces are magnetic.  This is probably a good thing, but it does take some getting used to.


The quilt that is our kitchen
Has the coffee pot and toaster
Pieced in.
There are school books
On the counter.
Oh yes
I remember this.
The quilt that is our kitchen
Has no magnetic surface.
We have moved
All the necessary notes
To the playroom door,
The one that leads
To the cold room.
It used to be the garage.
Now it stores my old office,
The theological books,
Three old computers.
The door is the only steel surface
We have left
For the important notes
Which used to go
On the side of the refrigerator
Or on the steel front door.
Now we have one door
For the important clutter:
The necessary school notes,
The blood tests three months hence,
Assorted pictures.
The quilt that is our kitchen
Requires order.
No magnetic surface.
None at all.

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