Neighbors

Moments hang heavy
Crawling Naked
Cold withdrawn in
Guilt bound noose

Readied soul tired
Starved neglected
From deep abandon
Mourned the Loss

Swinging Pendulum
Looming dark
Over flannel
Landscape peaks

Dust and cigarette
Butts collected
In overgrown piles
Of drepressed remorse

Paper waste
Unwritten goodbyes
Hallmarks of despair
Retired earlier before dawn

Windowpane witness
Reflecting silence
Birds cry their last songs
To the ears deaf to hope

Hours days weeks unnoticed
Letters and bills accumulate
Parking tickets collected expired
She escaped without a name

(matthew bowers) ~93
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