MISSING
A familiar mug.
Not a tea cup.
A sturdy arm.
Old boyfriend
threw it away.
Kids blamed
missing toys
on Tidy Bob.
"Tossed shit
on trash day"
Sneak stuff
out when the
truck comes.
Miss that mug.
Our Halloween
decorations sit
in a landfill.
Breaking down
compost into
sunflowers in
a new vase.
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| sunflowers |
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| graveyard hydrangeas |
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| bridge to past |
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| burned motor home |
Poem and images
copyright 2016
Caroline Gerardo
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