day 2, poem 2

[firecat]

xposted to 5_word_poetry, 100poems, and my journal

that old pizza joint 
west corner of the strip mall, on the main drag,
it was abandoned after last year's floods, you realize.
windows're covered with newspapers,
there's garbage on the floor.
and sandbags leaning against the door
like used-up old men, still waiting
for the next big rain. 

04/06/05

Word list: garbage, floor, west, old, realize

Comments

[lissamc.livejournal.com]

Ooh--all good, but those last three lines rock.

[firecat]

Thanks you!

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

For some reason I thought about Buffy's, "(and) after the floods roll back, I am going to be a fireman," and then Circus Animals Disertion. Is there a ladder there? *smile*

"Old silence bids its chosen race rejoice,
Whatever ravelled waters rise and fall
Or stormy silver fret the gold of day,"
(The Man Who Dreamed of Fairyland, 30-33).

Don't mind me. I'm still caffinating. Thanks for posting this!

[firecat]

Thanks! I don't know any of those references. Nice quote!

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I can't help but hear this in Tom Waits' voice.

[firecat]

That's a lovely compliment. Thank you!

(This is a real place a few blocks from my house...although I don't think the sandbags are still there.)