Raspberry pink and bright lavender
azalea stripes
line the lemon chiffon walls
of this quaintly cute house.
Conventionally set on a quiet
suburban street.
But ~ the lives that reside
on this modest suburban avenue
do not inhabit cookie cutter land
however ~ their molds are controlled
by it.
Their private lives are ~ their
personal business.
So to mark their territory ~ like all
territorial animals
they customize their abode
brightly individualistic
in colors and landscape
the key to their salvation.
Their refuge
from seemingly perfect
cookie cutter land
their spirit renewed by customization.
© 1999 by Rosemary Winters Tracey
