Tuesday, November 24, 2009

So I was raking

with my kids
and
my boys
were playing best 2 out of 3
to see who would have to drag
the garbage pail of leaves
to the backyard
and the best 2 out of 3
turned into
the best 4 out of 5
then
7 out 8
and
Josephine
and I
kept raking
and then
my neighbor
Rose
yelled to me
from across the street
"Hey, do you know when they are picking up
these bags of leaves?
Mine have been sitting
here for a week. The town has never been this late.
Can you believe that?!"
She kept talking
the boys kept yelling
and Josephine was
raking
and all
I did was nod

pleasantly

because
really
all I had
wanted to do
was get outside
for some
fresh air

quiet
fresh
air.

so
I took
the
trash can
waved
to
Rose
still talking
with
her arms akimbo

and
I
dragged the
pail
to my
backyard
my
quiet backyard
and I dumped
the leaves
into
our compost
and breathed
in
the autumn air
looked
up
into
the blue sky

and

listened

to
my boys
still
playing
best
12 out of 15.


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