Another Lumpy Story - Oct. 17, 2024

Gary Hunter
Oct 17, 2024
1 min read

it’s past time to trim the back hedge

sweep the garage

plant tomatoes

clean those gutters and solar

panels and oh my hair

is desperate for a cut

what I shouldn’t be doing

is sitting on the sofa

on a listless afternoon

throwing down thoughts

shaping them into a lumpy story

and firing up the kiln to finish it off

poems have never been

a practical product

though some when placed

at the entry of a mind

can add some ambience

especially if the rest

of the mental residence

is more mobile home than

Ranch or French Colonial

more tarpaper shack

than Malibu Beach house

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