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A Shakey Old Barn
October 16, 2009
A shaky old barn
Swinging from a rope in the hayloft
Nearly braking their necks
every time
Pulled down for safety's sake
The House
One of those tumbledown places
With hound dogs lazing around the front door
Yellow-pine floors
Soaked
with Coral Hadley's tears
The milkweed was shining,
Illuminated by bands of sunlight
If you looked at it the right way
Everything blurred
into one
bright and gleaming
horizon.
Made her throw all good sense away
He'd said of the farm
© Alisa L., Tracy, CA
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