[Realpoetik] CAROLINE YOUNG
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Sun Nov 6 08:58:49 PST 2011
RECONSTRUCTION FLYERS
Because birds do not wait for insurance agents,
I assess
the mother as she settles on the Elm
eyes over broken limbs
drops and bombs, sizing twigs by beak.
Dwelling under fallen trees
her silence
keeps things simple. The adjuster whys over
every brick, measures life
in shingles, chimney, sheetrock, boards and nails.
I review my coverage.
Overhead, the harbingers drift.
Beneath, the street life lies: eyes negotiate
lines down, sidewalks strewn in reconstruction flyers
*remains are not to be removed*
by firemen, lawyers, photographers, anyman
with a chainsaw.
I count torn gutters to resettle.
Where trees once lined the street – a sky
beneath, a row of brittle homes
strip-searched by the storm.
Amid the rubble, nests are born
of insulation, splintered beams.
*Caroline Young* has grown increasingly tired of our culture’s persistent
cat/dog debate. Both animals are masters of the kill shake, so what is
there to discuss? If someone wants to write a poem about this, she will
read it. Otherwise, she’ll just keep putting her faith in trees. Thanks
for reading the work.
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