- 2019 -
A man walks parallel to the white lines
At a city light with nothing but a cardboard sign
A woman reapplies her new lipstick
While her child squirms in her stroller, crying
A black barber watches a white man
enter and leave in one second
A boy wears his brand new binder,
hidden under layers of plaid and Metallica
A basketball player sings with her team
As the bus rolls towards a steep bank
A girl waits in the mall, unfazed by
an impatient janitor's mop and bucket
A couple sits in front of the seagulls
speak with nothing but their eyes
A grandmother sits on the inside of the glass
waiting by the phone on the wall
A greying farmer plants his fields around
A stone, a fresh mound of soil, and a tree
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Denouement
Puisi...And a bow to mark her denouement. Everyone is at a different part of their journey, but sometimes a person's beginning can feel like the end. Know that, no matter who you are, you stand at the precipice of an amazing future. Dip your toes into th...
