Aunt Stokesia gave this very
gorgeous morning complete
with sun and a lulling breeze
with pink lily buds bopping open
when it seemed even last night
that they’d stay tight at least
until Wednesday and no one ran
a clattery lawn mower that whirrs
so badly you want to get in the car
and run the mowing guy down
knowing you were only protecting
a sweet silence that any good
morning deserves a swat on its blue-sky behind
and morning continued to be
exquisite and Aunt Stokesia soon
would get in her Toyota and
drive to work where she opened
and closed files on a coffee-stained desk
that tiny ants walked on until
her index finger squashed them
one by one.
Kenneth Pobo has a new book forthcoming from Clare Songbirds Publishing House called The Antlantis Hit Parade. His work has appeared in: Hawaii Review, Amsterdam Review, The Queer South Anthology, Nimrod, and elsewhere.
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