#305 everything is shaking its way to the ground
we pulled doors off\nand put them back up again\nso many leaning houses\nyearning to fall over\n\nwe sit inside them all\nwaiting for them to collapse\nand fill them up with fish\nand hungry cats\n\nthe refuge for unwanted guests\na welcome long overstayed\nsend them all into the desert\nand walk away\n\nseasons change on\ncardboard slides placed behind\nplastic horses who smile\nin plastic haybale pens\n\npull everything off\nthe top of rickety wardrobes\neverything is shaking\nits way to the ground\n\nthe refuge for unwanted guests\na welcome long overstayed\nsend them all into the desert\nand walk away\n\nepw 2.19.08 perrysburg, oh