Nothing in this alley to crow
about—backboard and bent hoop
leans against an old refrigerator.
Over at McMillin’s place
bags of garbage pile atop
a turquoise Chrysler.
I’d give the family a pick
and shovel if they bury
their old basset after it dies;
it’ll probably keel,
the first cold day
of 2017.
My boots like this alley
even if my eyes don’t,
it hasn’t seen
a snowplow this winter
and, why should
it?
Dec 23, 2016
Dec 23, 2016 at 9:50 AM UTC
Nothing in this alley to crow
about—backboard and bent hoop
leans against an old refrigerator.
Over at McMillin’s place
bags of garbage pile atop
a turquoise Chrysler.
I’d give the family a pick
and shovel if they bury
their old basset after it dies;
it’ll probably keel,
the first cold day
of 2017.
My boots like this alley
even if my eyes don’t,
it hasn’t seen
a snowplow this winter
and, why should
it?
