Wednesday, January 8, 2025

poem

The Unbearable Weight of Being

If I go back and forth from the front

Door to the mailbox at the end of the drive

I make a path with the sheer weight of being


Crushing the fluff of snow

Beneath my boots 

One step at a time


Little old ladies follow and slip

On the uneven glaze

Breaking their hips 


So I land heavier and heavier 

Back and forth

Back and forth 


Until the spring thaw

Melts the driveway back 

And I float away 


1/8/25



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