Sunday, May 5, 2019

Michael Estabrook writes


too late

I’m back in the Northfield Avenue house
in the driveway
no one’s there it’s dark
but the doors are open
I go in the side door and call out
turn on lights stick
my head into Kerry’s room
but of course he’s not in there
at his desk or ironing
and the dining room is a clutter
living room too
there’s a barbell in the kitchen
that’s odd
the old phone on the wall by the hallway
no door leading upstairs
where’s Kerry dammit
not the same
nothing’s the same
without my brother Kerry
he took an alternate path in life
could’ve been happier
if he finished college, married Pam
but too late for that now
too late
Intense Afternoon Sun -- Rebecca Harp

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