Puttied Panes

Puttied Panes

	Puttied panes, encased in pink-primed steel
	Watch tiny rivers wend their downward way,
	While puddles form where thin green spikes reveal
	A just sown lawn, where one day I may play.
	New houses; salmon bricked, like some great quilt.
	Stark line posts, straight as soldiers, stand erect,
	All razor edged, where blood may soon be spilt
	In play; and then, through life, I’ll yet reflect
	Those nightmares, wrought from childhoods fragile dreams
	That circumstance, in one swift move, has made.
	A jagged hole lays bare the fragile seams
	Of security; a mornings sun filled glade.
	  	Another day, another shower of rain,
	  	Distorts the past and waters down the pain.
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December 11, 2020 at 12:52 PM
I've just started reading Riding. Maybe farther down I'll grow to understand. Till then: It's just too deep for me. Keep them coming, I'll read on. oldbuck
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