A curt goodbye
no good luck
just hard stares
and harder bargains
78 degrees today sun
cloudless
in our neighborhood
lawns freshly fertilized
cut
and green like dollar bills
walls stripped bare
now cold
papers shredded
family photos
trophies
some silver some
gold
all tucked
snug
in banker's boxes
whit howland © 2019
Jul 30, 2019
Jul 30, 2019 at 3:55 PM UTC
A curt goodbye
no good luck
just hard stares
and harder bargains
78 degrees today sun
cloudless
in our neighborhood
lawns freshly fertilized
cut
and green like dollar bills
walls stripped bare
now cold
papers shredded
family photos
trophies
some silver some
gold
all tucked
snug
in banker's boxes
whit howland © 2019
