familiar creaks
Updated: Aug 5, 2018
By Emma Chaffee
won’t you celebrate with me
the sun’s light touch on the dripping kitchen sink
the crumbs wiped up from the counter
and the tomatoes waiting to be washed
won’t you celebrate with me
the worn down couch where the cat lies, stretches
the shaggy carpet which probably holds a marble or two
and won’t you celebrate with me
the creak of the floors
the heavy sigh
of the floors
of the house
asking
oh, haven’t l served you well
About the author: Emma Chaffee is an 18 year old graduate of Burlington High School in Burlington, Vermont. She will be attending Mount Holyoke College in the fall, where she intends to pursue Elementary Education. This summer, Chaffee is working for Very Merry Theatre, a non-profit theatre company in Burlington. Theatre is her main extra curricular, though she loves to paint and write when she has time. She says she is thankful to all who inspire her to create art — in all its forms. Her poem "familiar creaks" is inspired by Lucille Clifton's, "won't you celebrate with me."
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