(for J.)
Canning peaches
we talk about the past.
About women looking
for land of their own.
I say,
“I was thrilled to find this place
that had a view and a waterfall.
Just what I’d asked for.”
She said,
“All I wanted
was to walk
through the woods
to my best friend’s home.”
My neighbor,
perhaps less ambitious,
is so much wiser
than me.
This article appears in Get Out of Jail For a Fee.