Parking in Dawning’s Peace and Quiet
Sitting in Walmart
Parking lot
Rising Sun alerts
Crows clean up
Overnight mess.
One Staffer here
Dropped off early
Curbside chain smoking
We have said nothing
To this point
Sharing cool and quiet
An odd brotherhood
Noiseless
Motionless.
Couple of cars
Empty, locked
Telling the story
Of Saturday night’s
Alcohol, perhaps.
Or rather the
Store Janitor
Or Floor Polisher
Or dry grocery
Night Crew setting up
Aisle by aisle.
This is Life
And Labour
And Leisure
And Loneliness
And likely Errands.
Starting in this Lot.
Robins serenading
My harmonica pulled out
Bird senses a competition.
Distant traffic sounds
Muflled until inconsequential.
One Mourning Dove
Beneath an asphalt island tree
Refusing to relinquish
The DawningI
And the Glow.
I get it, and
wish for the same.
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Written on July 09, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on July 09, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on July 09, 2023
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