like old news
in a new paper
the shells were
replaced with
needles.
to the northeast
the high grass
was pushed down
with smelted
blacktop and the
critters fled from
there long ago.
it was no
Los Angeles,
but it was
home.
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ENDOCARP: A Poetry Collection
PoetryThe third book in the "Beatnik Trilogy" of contemporary poetry collections.
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like old news
in a new paper
the shells were
replaced with
needles.
to the northeast
the high grass
was pushed down
with smelted
blacktop and the
critters fled from
there long ago.
it was no
Los Angeles,
but it was
home.