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The Backyard
by James Shammas (Age: 44)
copyright 04-04-2005


Age Rating: 7 to 127

 
Out in the front, the kids romp
Over smooth green grass,
Under the early rising sun
Where neighbors meet and plant
Neatly-spaced flowers
And cleanly pruned shrubs.

Bored, they saunter inside,
Singing through well-lived rooms
Past furniture that sighs,
And on and out towards the back
Where Pop once sat silently
Under a dark, aging sky.

Near the crumbling stone patio,
They see spiders spin their webs
As the moss grows through flower beds.
My son buried his rabbit there,
In the center of a ring of stones,
In allegiance to the Dead, he said.

There, the stars reach down,
Beaming over small peeking heads
Against a boundless black sky.
All are orbs, gleaming like diamonds,
Each an excavation from once deep
Dark holes and soul-squinting eyes.


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05-15-2005 Duangchai Sut-un    

You have a lot of work that talk about the kids. I love it so much.
04-13-2005 Jeniffer Brand    

As always, very good. I love your work.
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