miles from civilization
Posted: April 14th, 2011, 10:21 pm
The local diner flexes its staff
to meet the growing surge
of lawn mowers and wall washers.
grubby hands,
full of carefree
and restful disregard for table manners.
weathered eyes,
watching suspiciously
of newcomers and out-of-towners.
pot bellies,
stretched under simple colored pocket shirts
tucked in and wearing smudges like pinstripes and badges.
pinto beans and cornbread,
fishing poles and a bucket of bait,
rusted pile of farm equipment rotting in a pasture,
blueberry skies and old gravel crossing train tracks
to meet the growing surge
of lawn mowers and wall washers.
grubby hands,
full of carefree
and restful disregard for table manners.
weathered eyes,
watching suspiciously
of newcomers and out-of-towners.
pot bellies,
stretched under simple colored pocket shirts
tucked in and wearing smudges like pinstripes and badges.
pinto beans and cornbread,
fishing poles and a bucket of bait,
rusted pile of farm equipment rotting in a pasture,
blueberry skies and old gravel crossing train tracks