Poem: "The Wrong House"
This poem came out of the October 18, 2011 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from thesilentpoet regarding Elijah the prophet and Passover. It was sponsored by zianuray and thesilentpoet. You can find the other Monster House poems listed on the Serial Poetry page.
The Wrong House
We were just sitting down to dinner
when a voice yelled from the front porch,
"Never mind, already, I'll open the door for myself!"
Our daughter ran to get the door.
Bemused, we followed her,
and there at our doorstep
stood a tall bearded man
wearing elegant dark clothes.
"Sorry, sir," she said.
"Naomi's house is four doors that way."
She pointed helpfully down the street.
As we returned to the kitchen,
I asked, "What was that all about?"
"Oh, we talked about Passover
in school this week, and Naomi brought in
her grandfather's seder plate for show and tell.
So we learned about Elijah and the door and the extra cup."
Then our daughter giggled.
"I didn't know Naomi was 'family' though,"
she said. "Maybe I can invite her over."