you see way up
so difficult to subdue... dhm 35
wd look in those windows sometimes theyve torn it down
never knew him now theyve torn down his house
house torn down wheres his canoe
pines youve outlived his river house
w pines evry side his house had 2' icicles
house torn down you see way up— pine cones
house torn down a cedar full of bagworms
house gone bindweed bewildered
house gone now theres no trash
a row of mailboxes facing the river
white bills — no one’s rusted mailbox
mailbox — rusted — he was like that
mailbox rusted now look at those rivets
mailbox got lots of gone names
old mailbox something to kick around
house gone theres a mailbox hey sparrows!
dont cut yrself on that rusted mailbox
gap-toothed mailbox-row this one’s you
—john martone february 2010