Plastic slide on unkempt lawn,
Missing children: playing
In the tall grass.
Empty boxcar, insolvent
Empire: Atlantis amid rust
And silence.
Blue ribbon babe: 1871.5 lbs.
Largest jack-o’-lantern
This year.
Burnt rubber dreams on
Bleached interstate: the track of
A highway preacher.
Elbow perched on sill of
Eighteen wheeler: old soldier tilting
Cigarette with smile.
Empty ammo can
From Caesar Creek: relic of
1st Forever War.
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Cowboy at Waffle House
Counter, lost inside cup of Joe:
Ten thousand miles deep.
Black man staggering between
Cars: rattling cup of coins--
Waiting for change.
Sunshower in afternoon:
So sang an empty blessing
From above.

Writer's Statement: ​I'm a writer from South Florida with a passion for storytelling. My work has been published in Fabula Argentea, Oyster River Pages, the Washington Square Review, the Gordon Square Review, the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and elsewhere.