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Wheat Field with Plastic Bag


by Darryl Price


Either the difference is 
you or it doesn't make 
any difference. You
don't get to sit this one 
out. I, too, wish for a 
secret space we can go
and not be found. John said 
it was his mind, but I 
think he meant some place else.
Bottom of the ocean
with empty pop can. Moon
with scattered space debris. 

I guess these things just aren't 
trending anymore. I 
am human, but where is 
my humanity? Rain
with poison gas in its
gullet. Who's in the league 
of laser beams? Glacier
with protein bar wrapper.
Playground with crashed drone heads.
Sandy beach with loaded 
diaper. I'll probably 
never see you again. 

Drunken telescope on
an overgrown hill. I'll 
live and I'll die. Will I 
ever open my eyes 
and find the right words
again? Debatable,
I guess. Laughable, you
might say so. Wheat field with 
plastic bag. Dream street with 
no exit ramp, but lots of 
cardboard signs. If there's none 
here but you, why harvest? 

Room with no bridge. Room
with no neighbor. Room in
the hidden shoebox. Room 
containing all the sad 
books and photographs in 
the world, fading into 
dusk. Person with cheaply- 
made circus walking stick. 
Person scribbling on brown 
paper bag while sitting 
on green park bench. Saying
goodbye to all sorrows.
 
 




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