of Time

This is What Time has Brought

We tackled the dishes as Family.
The water ran full force
and elbow-grease applied
to the counters, table, and,
when mess was seen,
chairs.
I prepared the movie.

No one eats at the table anymore.
There are three TV trays,
the fourth one lost under a printer
in the office.
Movies never run anymore.
News plays after 10 and
on a special night,
Saturday Night Live.

The house is visited more than it used to be,
but not by one big group. Not a group of 5.
Not a group of 5 members of my family.
Not at the same time.