After the Flood
Cats and cars slipped under the long night,
only to drift backward
as if yesterday still pulled them in.
Old Charley Winslow died
just before the deluge
but when the river threw itself
over the dike
he was seen to float out of a lower window.
Lots are gone.
Welcome mats and whistle pigs,
sheds and shingles,
plastic peddle carts,
potted plants, pants, and porta potties.
Lots never made it back to yesterday
some may turn up tomorrow
but when they surface
lots of things will smell bad
and just as clogged and cracked
as we will be.
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