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in a landfill one day i saw an
immigrant family take an old
bed and strap it across the top
of a banged up SUV that was
missing it's left front clip, the
headlight was taped where a
socket would have held it,
like a discombobulated eyeball
clearly marked on the edge
of the mattress was the
following in Red Sharpie—
"DO NOT SALVAGE"
the same warning i remember
writing on Momma's deathbed
decades earlier, her stain clearly
visible on one side.
there was nothing to be said,
even if i could speak fluently
against what was apparently
—for them—
clearly accepted
terms...
s jones
Mar 2021
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01 Mar 2021