When you set out on inspection and find hidden corner Cracks in sheetrock: don't presume faulted foundations. If you can, try to appreciate inexact features, dormer Windows lattice work, be alert to unexpected variations; Handle each scratched crystal doornob with careful Address, touch stained glass inlays quietly, and distrust Spray coat shines; Leave exposed hardwood's characterful Pockmarks unsanded. See this house as a jewel still rough, As a beauty to wrap a life in. Its true, I, too, regularly Tick away at the disarranged vertebrae of my assigned Cases, categorizing quirks - but I ask you, look patiently This time, keep counsel kind and your judgements confined For me, who loves these very walls to points of discontent - Please, choose to examine the engravings, not their dents.
~ CRH September 2012
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