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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen
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Showing posts with label the grass is always greener. Show all posts

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Fences

photo by Daryl Edelstein

In the neighborhood where I grew up
we all had chain link fences around our yards
to separate them from our neighbors' yards

But whiffle balls and frisbees
don't respect boundaries
and sometimes the fences had to be climbed
to fetch a stray
and return it to the game

Sitting on top of those fences
with my legs swinging in the air
I could see both sides clearly

They say the grass is always greener
on the other side of the fence but
it always looked the same to me.