Grandpa's Blue Pot

Exploring

 "The Barn"

was 

a

 favorite

pastime in the summers

at

Granny and Popeye's

House

we would spend hours

moving the hay from

position to position

to create the perfect room

sweeping the floor

until every crevice

of our body

was totally and completely

filled with dust

avoiding snakes and spiders

as we carefully

maneuvered through the

dark

and

very narrow hallway

to the "House"

keeping the cows

and

or

goats at bay

as we ran to the wooden door

climbing in the upper loft

better known as 
"The Attic"

to find more 
treasures

to fill our 
"House" 

trying to remember to

"Close The Gate"

so the animals

did not escape

finding old pots and pans

to make "Stew"

swinging open the wooden hatch

to let air in and out

and in

and out

trying hard 

not to smash fingers 

in the process

locking up our "House"

to eat "Supper"

and

catch fireflies

on 

the fresh cut grass

My Great Grandpa's

Blue Pot

Now sits

proudly

in

my garden