Why would an extraterrestrial woman be attracted to a poem about carpentry?
Ana's attention was caught by this poem because she had just spent part of the afternoon watching Matt rebuild a door frame in the old part of their house and then rehang the door.
He began after breakfast one morning, and didn't finish putting away his tools until the middle of the afternoon. The door frame was solid, though, and even matched the other ones in the house, and the door swung smoothly and closed tightly.
Ana, who tends to do things quickly, at first wondered why he was taking so long, but she soon realized he was thinking before doing, and making sure each step was done correctly. She often remembered that day with pleasure, especially when she opened or closed that door.
If you think about it, "Putting in a Window," by John Brantingham, is practically a love poem.
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See more of Ana's favorite poems in the right column under the photo of the LOVE sculpture-->
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