Friday, October 14, 2016

A litter-ary experience

On an un-lonesome drive

passing through the uncharted distance

between dots on a map,

with all its trees-yet unnamed-

I saw a runaway take-out box

pirouette over grass on the median,

like a styrofoam ballerina

in defiance of the environmentalists

and their landfills,

its only wish to dance along the highway,

with the crisp autumn wind swirling

around its corners.

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