Things were not so old, once.
'Ivy' meant the ivy
on my parents' front porch—
now it means
science and metaphysics,
all the ivy there's ever been,
and where it came from.
I guess it all has something
to do with Home,
having one and leaving it,
and then trying to find it
everywhere
Max Reif
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lines-written-on-a-paper-bag-while-waiting-for-m/
