marlene mountain
poems
1979-1980s
december 19 1979


40

divorced
with a kid
half of CETA gone
in faded jeans and the same shirt every thursday
almost out of paints
broker'n hell
with a judgment against the framehouse
and winter coming
but not displaced
UNmarried
the kid super
half of CETA left
the jeans fit again and thursday comes before friday
paintings over 80
broker'n hell
with a judgment against the framehouse and trees and soil and wildflowers
and winter always coming before spring
no not displaced

 

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