October Again
Bark peels off the maples. Leaves wither and die, everyone says how beautiful. Sedum turning a muddy green, like rotten asparagus. Nights, the man at the end of the court wanders by, his gun tucked into his waistband. Moonlight nests in his hair, bounces off his angry face. Since you left, spiders have colonized the pantry, racing each other for fun. The bedroom window leaks, a muffled plunk-plunk-plunk. When I try to imagine where you are it always involves flight: Wings loosening. The moment when the mallard shows its silvery throat, gliding under clouds before the first shot is fired.
Photo Credit: Tom Koerner for USFWS
A fantastic text that make see ,smell and finally hear !
–where she teached?” — is not the verb ‘teach’ irregular. The past tense is supposed to be ‘taught’.
English is my second language, and I PAY attention.
-Janko
I chuckled when I read that error because it seemed to be on porpoise.
That’s the problem (and the joy) with English. There are so so many ways to play with it.