It leans to the left
but before you get mired
in the double entendre

shall we say

there really was a lost child

but has been found long ago
and if the search was for that of art
it  also has been found

much like the plums
in the icebox
that were delicious

but back to what we are
seeing
more so what we are confronting

it sags
and there's not much to say about it
except that it is very short for this world

and when it topples
it will be gone forever
but we'll forget about it

much after we find the time
to grieve
and lament about the loss

Whit Howland © 2020