Brownstone Stoop

Behold the brownstone stoop

iconic on Christmas morning.

Double doors.

Double wreaths.

Plush red-ribboned cheer.

And twenty-eight poinsettia plants,

(posed only for the portrait, not hardy

enough to withstand the upper west side winter.)

The wise man knows this wonderland well.

More gold

than frankincense

or myrrh.

Brownstone Stoop is part of a creative experiment in which I (quickly) write a poem using that day's Wordle words.