- Keith Banner
Backs of Houses
something about
the backs of houses
not backyards
as much as
the area right behind
the house
where people often throw
their shit, store it
forget it
makeshift sculpture
gardens
all the crap
you need to make a
life
but then i guess you don't need to make it
anymore
you just need a place
for it to be out of your sight
like today a whole
damn sectional
sofa
out there
in the sun
and a busted bookshelf
toys
carpet rolls
bbq grills upside down
so on
so forth and i thought
about
e.t.
that machine he built to
phone home
out of
a nasty umbrella
an old record player
a speak n spell
a coathanger
all that shit emanating
that one message
across
galaxies
about going
home
and even how when
you're home
you are always
trying to go
somewhere else

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