Saturday, February 10, 2018

10,503. ONE MEADOW FAWN

ONE MEADOW FAWN
The traffic to Rahway was nothing 
at all; it was everywhere else that 
was killer. Some new demolition; 
some old recognition. The tractors, 
the cars, and the fawn on the lawn.
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Nearby, at the siding, a hundred sure
people milled around : the flea market
walk-through sensation : detergents,
toys, socks, sweaters and persuasion.
Long talks about nothing at all.
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At the other end of this Rumpelstiltskin
field, I see the black guy in his pork-fry
truck. He sets about courageously : taters
and chitlins and pulled-pork lunches. He
makes out pretty good in the open-air char.
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I wish the whole world could be like this : 
the still-open field, the wide-open light, 
cars passing, the prison dome across the 
fence, and DOC vans, just waiting. Don't
nobody move, OK. You're all lifers here.

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