Time

Even when you’re not in a rush

The thrill of changes

Can elicit expectations

Photos

My obsession

Document changes

But what if the changes

Are only ones I can see?

Maybe I should consider

Videos

With a walk-through explanation

The plumber describes his mysterious work

Flexible tubes snake and tangle

Supported by brackets

Ending in spigots

Shiny copper pipes

Used sparingly

With many levers

Called shut-off valves

A wall of complicated controls

Water will heat the house

In a buried patchwork of pipes

Beneath the concrete

It will flow to radiators

Hung on walls

Water must find its way

To the bathrooms

For showers, soaks, and flushes

And of course, to the kitchen

To simply get a drink

From a shiny chrome fixture

Perched above a porcelain sink

The 'Old" Kitchen in the original house. The windows will still be there. The sink will still be white porcelain and the faucet a chrome one.