In A Crowded Home

In a crowded house
there is only one room with a lock,
not the bedroom, which is usually
shared with another,

or the kitchen, where the family gathers,
nor the living room, kept clean for company
but a small cell, lined in porcelain. 

A cool room with a slight echo
where one can be undisturbed
for a minute of two

but in a crowded home
the pounding on the door
will disrupt the reverie 

forced to unlock the entry
vacate the premises 
so another can assume the throne 

to secure their own moment of privacy.