Suburb

September 6th, 2006

pawn-like houses face
one another across a
well-curbed concrete street

shoulder to shoulder,
blinking their plantation blinds
and comparing trims

dotted birds in their
houses, floating, wonder how
they ended up here

businesses and malls,
wal-marts and theatres like
brambles hedge them in

sentinal dogs bark
as cats smile, sunning themselves
while everyone sleeps

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