No Longer at 3224
by Marsel Aime Duclos
In the end
his fingers gnarled
no different from the beech tree
by the open gate
rancher has long since
taken up residence
in the adobe home
down in the town
No mail now for years
tree denuded of children
no triangle call to supper
to music with the wind
Snow cover will suffer no injury
unless antelope
return early this winter
remembering the children
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