Salt of the Earth
She lives just down the street from everyone.
Older couples like to talk about her over coffee.
She is the salt of the earth, golden shafts of wheat
waving in wind. She walks her dog, and it sits.
Lines from Everyone's Sister by Mike Bayles
Liberum Divisa Poetry Contest
September 5, 2021
Copyright © Mike Bayles | Year Posted 2021
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