- Keith Banner
Kingsbury and Lincolnshire
the center of the universe
i do not know why
split-level with
yellow aluminum siding
like a magic marker about to dry out
confetti all over the ground
from you-know-who
being too tired to pick up trash
before he mows
and the back yard
burnt out
fence planks
pulled out of the ground
leaned up against each other
back there by that tree is
the place where you hear
someone say
"i shit you not"
and a dog not barking
just standing there wanting to
play
sidewalks like buck teeth
windows without any ideas
blank-hearted, confused
by a letter from a lawyer
and after work we return to
what we always are
the weeds speak our name
but the weeds know better
crawling up against the siding
with a sky without a sky
and inside
electrical sockets eyeing
the medications beside
the sink

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