2010
08.23

People leave
attending to labors,
then shelters rest
between the road
and mountain.
I walk the day
with permission
from the owner.
My kin birds
won’t tell me anything
on this land
for in her garden
dead crows hang
from high posts.


© John Swain, 2010

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  1. New poem up by John Swain ; http://amphibi.us/all/scarecrow/