Around Here

You told me
you don’t think
that if she came back
she would recognise anything
anymore around here
not the cars on the driveway
nor
the garden
or
the caravan on her front lawn
but I beg
to differ
If she were
to come back
she’d know everything
off by heart
While you were tidying up her kitchen
you looked at me
while holding what appeared to be a scourer
and you said
“what on earth is a ‘hard surface cleaner’?”
and I said
“it’s a cleaner for hard surfaces”
and you said
“like your face”
and I laughed
see
things are much
and will remain as such
the same around here