Grid photo
yves crayola
Indigo red
Hands traced
Walls and spaces
People and things and clothes
Blue smudges on a pink sweatshirt hanging up in the diner.
Blue smudges on the darkwood paneled wall of a trailer
Blue marks on a window in an old building , papers littered amid the cross-beads : cardboard cut-outs and
Flyers for events long passed
On a couch cushion, in a basement, where friends were
On a box of treasures
On a blanket on the ground
/
On a greyed picket fence, with planks pushed through
Against the faded grass of a desire path
On chain link and locks above the bridge
On door and cabinet handles on the inside - glass and brass
On door handles on the outside - composition, unknown
On the dusty, lace curtains of the backyard door
On the bins in the attic, full of seasons
On the bins in the driveway, refuse
On my heart, and hope to
[full blue handprint visible over left breast - whereas other marks were more fragile, cursory, and accidental in pressure ]
True
Ghosts
Are the cared-about things
That you never knew to take (with you / care of.)
The lonely, yet fulfilled margin-scratch
The rope-less tree
The tree-less yard
The yard-less home
The home-less mind
Imprints on human time.