Dad is painting window frames at the top of the house Mom steadies the ladder with a slippered foot My sister cannot bring herself to pour poison on the ants Working near way frantically up the inside corner as if it soon to be a hole I run through cress that has grown high above my head I am a million miles away I have no memories I have no memories before this day Cup of tea for the plumber Cup of coffee for the builder Brother sister, father mother each in love with one another Somewhere A whistling cattle I need the world and the world is a stinging nettle I run through cress that has grown high above my head I am a million miles away I have no memories I have no memories before this day More to be saving in the bricks that may or may not be a snake in the compassing And the neighbor's cat is wildly wild insane Colorless agressive and unnamed And I have never seen so many sheep I have never seen so many cows I was born to a family a little while ago I was born to myself just now I run through cress that has grown high above my head I am a million miles away I have no memories I have no memories before this day Before this day