Wednesday, October 27, 2021

a house with roses

i'm more interested
in the boarded up houses,
who lived there,
who left it like this?
the rusted
swing set in the yard,
the blackened brick
from fire.
the bike with one wheel
on its seat.
i want to know about the tire
chained to the tree.
the refrigerator
without a door, pink, and
leaning against
the wall.
an old car on blocks,
the hood up.
i want to know about the broken
windows,
the clinging shutters,
who planted those roses
in the garden, still insisting
to grow?

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