NOT ALWAYS ABJECT
Walking a board - one thrown
over a swamp, moving on mud-soup
of a sort - abject thoughts glide by.
Always, but not always.
-
Man on a swing : rocking his chair.
On a porch. The old, orange car
is parked alongside. Huge oak tree
glories in its age and shape. From
the side kitchen window,
a head is seen.
-
Wooden steps, with a too-much distance
between them; slightly rotted. Platform
boards above that, solid and sound. The
feeling is 'we've got to get out of here, go
someplace else, and now.' But no one
listens or moves, and those who did
stay in place anyway. Abject thoughts
glide by; always, but not always.
Walking a board - one thrown
over a swamp, moving on mud-soup
of a sort - abject thoughts glide by.
Always, but not always.
-
Man on a swing : rocking his chair.
On a porch. The old, orange car
is parked alongside. Huge oak tree
glories in its age and shape. From
the side kitchen window,
a head is seen.
-
Wooden steps, with a too-much distance
between them; slightly rotted. Platform
boards above that, solid and sound. The
feeling is 'we've got to get out of here, go
someplace else, and now.' But no one
listens or moves, and those who did
stay in place anyway. Abject thoughts
glide by; always, but not always.
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