above neighborhood houses
the mourning doves are hooing their curdled lament
the street is painted with charcoal smoke and skillet
as the children are laughing with wet grass feet
car doors are slamming shut
as screen doors are rocketing open
the avenues have pulled in their locomotive tides
they are beginning to empty
a cat watches the sun go down from her porch
below her the lawn is even-green
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