Matt Dennison

Waiting for Better

After scraping
scratching
raking
digging
watering
planting
flowers
grass and
plants

I stand
in the doorway
drink in hand
looking out
calmly
watching
waiting

for any moment the beauty
better than
wine

better than old
tigers

better than any
of us.

Matt Dennison lives in a 111-year-old house with “lots of potential.”