Elm St. (II)
1 – In Winter -
- you’ll walk,
first one way
and then the other
and then you’ll do it again
and then you’ll go home,
comforted with the knowledge
that you really did come out
you said you would
and you did
for once.
2 – Springtime.
Greener than
any of
the corporations
who produce
clean air
and less
pollution. Greener
than all
of the
thumbs of
all of
the gardeners.
A green
so vivid
you’ll fall
to your
knees and
cry, or
at least
you’ll
wish you could.
3 – Our Creations Falter In The Sun.
Urban decay.
A place of
failed ambition and false starts,
a place where, long ago,
the Vines
gripped Man by the hand
and twisted up and around
what he had built
and said,
“No. No more.”
4 – The Fall.
The leaves, now brown and red, will fall soon.
Many already have.
The pavement crackles as you walk.
