Wednesday, November 7, 2012

A Visit to My Backyard

Nov. 7, 2012

A Visit to My Backyard

Let me take you to my backyard.

I'm sitting on the step
     leading out back to the alley,
          everyone's trash overflowing.

Ivy laces the chain link,
     crawls over the shed
          and the house
               and the chair,
          long abandoned
     by an invisible man.

Sometimes I'll use it
     when the house is all asleep,
and watch the days roll into one another
     as the garden wilts into winter.

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