Tuesday Poem

New issue of Poetry came today, so here is a poem.

Doors

An open door says, "Come in."
A shut door says, "Who are you?"
Shadows and ghosts go through shut doors.
If a door is shut and you want it shut,
   why open it?
If a door is open and you want it open,
   why shut it?
Doors forget but only doors know what it is
   doors forget.

~ Carl Sandburg
Poetry, September 2013