o seeds / of dandelions / fallen
on the ground / I wish / I could love you more
remember / that day when / the trucks careened
through the neighborhood / when the sea / green
SUV / sang like a top / no
when the sea / sang down / at the wharf
and the ice cream / truck / stopped
in front / of my little / house
and some kid / in a baseball / cap
was / chopping / at the honeysuckle
growing / along the fence line / its scent
was / choking him / in three years’
time / he would / be crushed
by a backhoe / what can I do / for you
silly landscape / that strange / old Victorian
with a thousand / gables / the county clerk
in the park / flying her kite / she runs
and runs / but what has happened / to the wind?
not even / enough to kick / up the dust
of the baseball / diamond / a comet flings
itself across / the dusky sky / cars
roll by / with their windows / at half mast
