His Two Wells

His Two Wells

“The old well
Sits full of water

Where I can see it.

The new well

Is up from it

And I can see it too.

Although that well

Is full of water too

That well’s water

Is not as old

As the water in

The old well.

That well was there

When my great-great-great-

Great-great-great-great

Grandfather moved here

From Dover, New Hampshire

To live with his grandparents.

His great-grandson’s son

Dug the new well

After the Revolutionary War.

The water in that well

Is not as old as the water

In the old well.

This is in addition to

That well’s water

TASTING not as old too

My great-great-great

Great-grandmother

Always said

They say.”