Kerri Shying R # 219 - Behind the Line

Behind the Line

it is as high as a short lady’s hip

my eight-year old Meyer lemon

that never sets a fruit

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but the temper of the times has changed

back here in the clothesline end of town

 I find nine fat lemons             

this tree             my jaw both           

 nearly on the ground

I have given her a feed

 the extent of ministration

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 far better than the washing up

 the locus of excitement            displacing

kitten             and the illness of the brain

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blue sky green fruit             waiting out a ripen             all

well enough distraction             for this day