| August 30, 2021

Domicile

I live in this house,

just right for me—

many bedrooms and

places to pee.

Its colors are diminutive…

petting my soul,

so nonthreatening.

I easily stroll,

passing objects

of memory…

who’ll die someday…

in the house with me.

Charles Inge lives in Lynden, Washington and has given us many poems!

SHARING STORIES is a weekly column for and about the 50 plus crowd living in the Puget Sound region. Send your stories and photos to ariele@comcast.net. Tell local or personal stories; discuss concerns around aging and other issues; share solutions, good luck, and reasons to celebrate; poems are fine too. Pieces may be edited or excerpted. We reserve the right to select among pieces. Photos are always a plus and a one-sentence bio is requested (where you live, maybe age or career, retired status, etc.).

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