--- J E N N I F E R   S N E A D

								                 endure not yet
							           A breach, but an expansion,
							     Like gold to ayery thinnesse beate.
									-  John Donne


You know
they will go
eventually

there will be
damp towels
empty wineglasses

and maybe rain
the evening after
and quiet
and a house that wants
putting to rights

not quite Ariadne 
on her rock
straining to catch a sail
on the sun-beaten sea
with nothing to fold
nothing to put away

open and close
the door
you made room 

time now
to make the bed