English ivy curtains the windows<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shredded siding, peeling paint<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crippled gutters, listing chimney<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blackberries swallowing the tool shed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carport collapsing, slick shingles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Condemned birdhouses<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fresh firewood dumped in waist-high grass<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rusted mail box survives at 45 degrees<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bags of cat food stacked on the crumbling front porch<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skinny cats snoozing on jambs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Decoupled power line<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No vehicle<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wild wisteria<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shattered coffee cups everywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shrubbery sweeps the roof line<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sterile cherry tree<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dead freezer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Squad of dead barbecues<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canned ham trailer sliced in half<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newspaper box from the weekly that folded in the Carter Administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Punctured greenhouse streaked with mold<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day something new:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A patch of dirt speared with wooden stakes flying orange ribbons<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A hose to a sprinkler,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
black writing on the stakes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A day later: gray woman wearing a floral robe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and fluffy slippers spades the soil<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and tells me she’s planting dahlias,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
one named Dakota Renegade,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
where dahlias can’t possibly grow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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