Birthplace
We all wished we might be someone else
so we were
this
and then those
fellas
for a time it sat tight like tongue and
groove joints
the masons with the aprons
fitting in
leaving out
the kerbside collection of junk dna
the forebears lesser smaller darker
ill-fitting parties to the big fat picture
our great nation
we let it ride
us down
even then we knew
where being that would go.
great, Kerri!
ReplyDeleteTight as the tongue and groove!
ReplyDeleteI like it
ReplyDeletethe leaving out, the kerbside collection, the forebears ...
ReplyDeleteit is the in-between, the seeing, the not seeing
sigh.
That's us, the hyphen people.
DeleteI must admit i am triggered by a certain admired kerbside worker.
DeleteKerri, that's excellent. Sad and excellent. I greatly admire this line, "ill-fitting parties to the big fat picture/
ReplyDeleteour great nation"!
The hyphen-people! Love that!
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