Returning to the place that feels most like home
Is a pleasure comparable to none

Grumpy bumpy
Ball of fluff
Whining sweet nose rubs
Upside down head
Going on an adventure
In the grasslands
And across carpet tacks
Sniffing broccoli
Turning your back
Pushing cheese fritters
You projectile vomitted
We laughed for hours

Powdered pink
Lemon and mint
Bedspread dancing with costumed cats
Menthol oils
A desk with a vintage typewriter
Novelty lights in a popsicle shape
A cabinet full of stationery
Berries with kawaii faces
Pinafore dresses, jeans with braces
Books on bicycles and Europe
A vase with a wooden tulip
Chest of drawers with lace-trimmed smalls
Wind chimes
Dream catchers
Floral prints
With black ink scratches
An easel for easy days

Laid out on a table
Floating to the right
Clouds of gas
Beaming and alight
He begins

Seven and a half months
Until a pine-filled wedding day
My childhood botany dreams
Stand in a crown and a cape
A windy afternoon
By a bridge by the library
Rooks and knights
Pass my eyes
Gifts tumble through the subway
White sequins
And chunky platform sneakers
Take me to the train station
I bounce with exhilaration