barnburner

barnburner [BAHRN-bur-ner], noun:

Something that is highly exciting or impressive

Barnburner, you brought down 

our house. No, rather, you 
rearranged it, changed it 
from the inside out. The younger

me would barely be able to recognize
itself anymore. The rooms 

have changed, the floor, the ceiling.
The floor is now the ceiling. It's skin 

stripped and varnished. You put the kitchen

where I used to make my papers work,
replaced the window I used 

to let my mind wander out of
to where the fish in the pond you dug,
placed stones around, now swim
and pander amorously for my mother 

and the empty bench that falls 

apart slowly with time waits

under the apple tree you haven't 

yet uprooted.