Ma-roo
Ma-roo is mom’s open theater ‘n gallery.
My sister’s playhouse stage.
My classroom.
Mom sits on a dot-ja-ri
on the shiny old wooden floor
folding summer clothing and puts them in the basket.
Mom restored broken basket with han-ji last week.
My sister changes a diaper for her doll
like mom does for her baby brother.
Wrapped in po-dae-gi baby brother
adds weight for me for stepping on the laundry.
Mom is free from him
shows me how to do everything.
Under the twoit-ma-roo
Do-ri is playing with my shoes.
Soon winter will arrive
Sliding doors back on their track
ma-roo become a storage room
Mom stores lots of things
in and under her furniture.