Home 2.0

It says “For Sale” on our home.

Which means, for, as long as it takes,

(“Country houses are snapped up nowadays”)

We’ll be inviting prospective buyers in

To view our little slice of England.

With a view to making it theirs.

To criticize and reject its flaws.

To us, each pencil mark or dented floorboard is a memory

Of fledgling child

Expressing their individuality through frustration.

Boredom

Or whatever.

To the hoard,

It’s an error or mistake,

A reason to reject or bargain.

We’ll leave that all behind

To be painted over, hidden, or ignored.

Home 2.0 is out there, somewhere.

Flawless, sterile, other,

Until we stamp it with our muddy prints

And make it truly

Home.