OUR BLOCK OF THE WORLD

OUR BLOCK OF THE WORLD

         for Gene and Evelyn

there are days like this

when even grey skies are hot

these are the hot ones

say the gas men

the litterpickers

the meter readers

hot ones

they come like this in summer

there is a porch

on our block of the world

the block where we live

and on this porch

neighbors drop whatever they are done with

whatever they choose to leave behind

to pass on

whatever they choose

and when they leave something

on this porch

on our block of the world

it will be gone by dawn

Jeff Hartzer
copyright 1987-present

 

Taken from the cd/booklet FLAMINGOS by Jeff Hartzer

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