Did You Ever Remodel a House? A Poem

Did you ever remodel a house?   

If you haven’t, don’t.   

It’ll drive you nuts.   

And, cost you big bucks.   

Did you ever remodel a house?   

I’ve done six or seven.   

Too many.   

One is too many.   

Always say I will NEVER do it again.   

Yet, I do.   

What is wrong with me?   

Doing it over and over again.   

Now, this one really is the last one.   

One hundred six years old.   

Need I say more?   

No wonder I’m poor.   

Just look at those old …   

doors and   

floors.   

Her beautiful lines.   

This one really is the last one.   

I’ve helped to save heirloom sites.   

Not all big.   

Some very small.   

Homes for common people.   

Places where families were raised.   

Places where lives were lived.   

Then, later they moved or died.   

Who am I kidding?   

I wouldn’t want to do it again.   

But, I would.   

Because, it was worth it.   

©Patty F. Cooper, Elizabethton, Tennessee August 20^th, 2014   

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