Scaffolding

the trick is to

be at your windows

on every floor

getting you to notice

erecting a scaffolding

of language, a joisted

latticework of syntax

onto which you can climb

out of the windows of 

your terraced tenements

trusting to its strength

enough to walk along

these planks and meet

the neighbours climbing

out as well, even grip

the rungs to higher up

and wider views to lean out

over ever shifting streets

to catch a weightless seed

pod floating up

through space a tendril

of dialect or poetry

to carry back inside

and plant and grow

but turning round

you find the walls

of your house have expanded

and the scaffolding is now

part of the living room