The House Burnt Down

The house burnt down

Not to the ground but it might as well have

And I was so angry at probability

Why was it Wednesday

Why not Tuesday or Monday

Or any day that I did not have band at school

Any day that my clarinet wasn't safe at school

I just wanted it to die

Die in the fire like it should have died

Like my kitty cat

Like my mom's old photographs

Like my Dad's comic book stash

Like my brother's innocence



The house burnt down

Not to the ground but it might as well have