it's leaking dandelion heads canadian geese & paint is running all out the sockets Defunct glow-in-the-dark stars mosaic the ceiling & flicker only sometimes depending on how they feel today Are you sure we're in the correct house Do christmas lights surround the windowsill in august If the floor sinks to the cellar at certain corners Welcome This is our home & not the neighbors' whose for sale sign caught on fire last weekend but do not panic This is a good neighborhood The ice cream trucks croon all evening & there are at least two hammocks on every lawn The street is smoothening & the manholes stretch forgivingly Our mailman comes on sundays since they are lost or equitably alone Turn silent or either still There's a showing in five minutes & the house is not yet complete We can spruce up the place by adding multiple variations of desert flora Comb the shag carpeting until it's all flat Feel through the box labeled 'stained glass in different forms' for a lampshade that will impress We'll have to cut our hair to fill the couches then we can order out once the newlyweds are through parading & our agent shakes a hand but our living room is still broken so let's start with that first