Mind’s Midnight House Holds On

It’s not our house.
Midnights, it makes
Conversation,
Sotto voce,

All by itself.
It’s not your house.
It’s its own house,
A standing wave

Of wood and nails
Glass and plaster,
Metals, plastic,
More and more mold.

If people keep
Buying it and
Living in it,
It will hold on.