inhabited
by blackbirds.
A window
where a woman stood
after losing her child.
A lawn
once anointed
with lemonade.
A fence
repaired three times
by the same hands.
A porch
where a deaf dog
slept away his days.
No car
with JUST MARRIED
and a suitcase in the back.
A letter saying
VACATE. UNSAFE.
THIS PROPERTY CONDEMNED.
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for dverse poetics. photograph by sharon knight.