change / it's all i've got

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i look a cross the field to my neighbour
jenn's yard / she is bent over her 3 year old
& her one year old


ah / eternal position of the woman / bent over
it's no wonder we grow old with curved spines
broken backs


spent years / bent over children
bent under lovers / /





this is my journey? ah /feign ed surprise

no wonder soul wishes to break
free of the shell of
life / /



but for now / be content with spring
oh yes / burst bud burst / let me see your
green / pale spring green


i'll have to move the rose bush from
under the maple tree / eventual lee
the maple will grow thick / residing /
as if it were / permanent



yes / aunt isy's rose will have to be moved





& i am glad for the / sounds of
this time of year / lawn mowers & cars
driving past the house / in to the golf
course park ing lot / the
constant crack of golf balls /

the silence of winter / rings rings my ears
can't turn off the buzz ing / ah 20th century
malaise of / too much noise / decibles st.ill
ring ring my ears / how i dream to shut it off








& so spring does shut down the sounds of


my long winter
















high clouds drift in / make a mockery of
me be ing high / just want ing / only want ing
to sit in a patch of sun light / feel it warm
oh so wish to be / the cat / /









& i find as i get old er / i crave to have
a drink more often / / don't give in to it tho



just imagine the buzz / of beer in the after noon















& the wash er squeaks with each rotation
shakes / oh yes / the house is / / we must
clean the clothes / clean the clothes / no thing
left for chance / change / yes / spin in to / & out
of change / /