One day soon he’ll tell her it’s time to start
packing,
And the kids will yell “Truly?” and get wildly
excited for no reason,
And the brown kelpie pup will start dashing about,
tripping everyone up,
And she’ll go out to the vegetable patch and pick
all the green tomatoes from the vines,
And notice how the oldest girl is close to tears
because she was happy here,
And how the youngest girl is beaming because she
wasn’t.