Sunday, September 14, 2014

delivering the news

when
you delivered
papers as a boy,
your dog
beside you,
the wobbly wheeled
wagon
squeaking
under star light,
you plowed
through
the still mornings
tossing
the batons
of news onto
slab porches
and stairs,
counting on how
these dollars
and tips
would get you
through, and to
this day.
still do.

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