Someone took a pair of shears
and chopped down all the buildings.
Now I must turn my head
to see the whole sky,
splotched with wisps of white
like an old man’s stubble.
Barren hills swell up like blisters
on the smooth flat land,
their windmills slicing the sky
like blunt razors.
My foot squishes over a rejected nectarine.
I kick it as I walk, watching it roll unevenly
on the pavement
until it plunges down a gaping storm drain.
Jul 8, 2018
Jul 8, 2018 at 10:49 PM UTC
Someone took a pair of shears
and chopped down all the buildings.
Now I must turn my head
to see the whole sky,
splotched with wisps of white
like an old man’s stubble.
Barren hills swell up like blisters
on the smooth flat land,
their windmills slicing the sky
like blunt razors.
My foot squishes over a rejected nectarine.
I kick it as I walk, watching it roll unevenly
on the pavement
until it plunges down a gaping storm drain.
written July, 2001
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