black and white

in the photo
you see
a box of
crayons
melting
in the sun.
the pale
leg of a child
beside it.
a rusted bike,
a broken
swing, unmoving,
with no one
seated.
a pool,
the fencing
down, sagged
in algae
and blue.
a dog,
the subject
of the photo,
his tongue out,
seems to be
smiling.
what happened
here one
summer day
is gone,
though someone
had the dark
artistic
humor
to photograph
the bones.