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Scenery Driving Up the Main Street, Fort McPherson


black ash left of white two-story
Atco trailer dirt bike parked out front
fenced-in 8-wheeler orange containers on lot
brown slat bungalow behind its alu neighbor

two dark-haired boys swing up alley bush
a-frame homes line horizon army style
shining roofs tan mustard beige same style
next door thin birch trunk spindles
white beer bag boot room neat and proper
wine shingled picnic table in mosquito tent
burnt awning scrapes 200 gallon tank

tar addition circling wisps of grass
cloud pollen boarded windows stale pink
weak olive stains cushion rust barrel
insulation tufts spun everywhere

new blue trash cans triangle post way in
pilings protect green trim stand by
garage lamp burns ladder to roof round
squarish logs at angles to three more huts

no deep forest dark door rug over railing
path forks over yard taller than wide
window boards boat upside welded custom
side road mail drop field downhill
sale frontage subdivision grey

schoolyard gravel foot on gas barn
facade reddish up siding owner's name
patched shack wires bowing gallop

truck backed in verandah side road round
tower pump goal post planted vent
tent system on its side open tin
utilidor utilidette plugs in stop sign

bubble sheer siding summer blouse slouches
easy-access black-yellow-black breaker
white bag again daughter over crooked ladder
teepee eight stick lean-to pony tail church

off weeds hands in pocket log cabin step up
hollow wood blue barrel chest strap sawhorse
huts dot promenade one big twelve small
outhouse ice she looks washes silvery bin

slithering mud track wide lights both pick-ups
on j-walker jack shirt gas cap boot tongues
swings Northern grocery spirits white bag.



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