Joseph Massey The 2River View, 8.4 (Summer 2004)

Side Yard

Window's white
reflection of weeds
overgrown and leaning in

late morning sun
scaled metallic
against traffic.

Weeds we leave
as our garden—
overgrown

underneath
an empty humming-
bird feeder.

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