The place across the yard’s for sale,
so now it’s looking fresh and clean.
It’s staged to view and should be seen
by someone seeking smaller scale.

New paint, no dust, precise detail:
the seller sees what could have been.
The place across the yard’s for sale,
so now it’s looking fresh and clean.

She told me in complete detail
she bought long-term. She didn’t mean
to list this soon. But now, between
pandemic and beseeching male,
the place across the yard’s for sale.

(Rondel)