Tuesday, June 16, 2020

June 16, 2020

Yesterday I found a lawn mower 
by some trash bins in an alley
with a tender green vine 
wrapped around the pull-cord.

New spark plugs
And a clean carb
Were enough to get her going.

She smoked heavily at first, 
but she quit.

Then today in an Beacon Hill alley
There was a chicken
That had escaped from its coop.

I gently picked her up
And lifted her over the fence. 
She gave me a gentle cluck.

She was a nice girl.

A young hipster couple watched.
I like to think they were
Tripping on something pleasant.

I'll drink beer with Dan now.
I have a bottle.
Barley wine—
barely beer,
hardly wine.

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