July 2009 -- Tin Roof

Tin Roof

I'd like to have

a house with a tin roof

I'd paint it blue.

If I got tired

of my blue roof

I could paint it red.

In the front

I'd have a meadow of flowers

Out back, a creek

Running through.

I'd like to have 

a house with a tin roof

I'd paint it blue.

On the bed

I'd have an old woolen quilt.

On the porch

a rocker I'd buy new.

I'd like to have

 a house with a tin roof

I'd paint it blue.

In the morning

I'd bathe in the cool creek.

In the evening

[among the flowers]

I'd kiss you.

I'd like to have

a house with a tin roof

I'd paint blue.

If I tired

of my blue roof

I could paint it green.

July/August 2009