The Yellow House


Sinister shadows in degenerated moments
abandoned home, heavy storm in the distance
the industrious hands of daylight
darkened in the yellow house undefined
The tree branches serious in the chain link fence
reach toward wooden pallets
flat barriers to the threshold
where once a Chirstmas tree stood
ghostly in the distant corner
shining happiness: transparently lustrous
in the unconditional dust of history
The particles reflect each quantum impression:
A little love lost here; a little gained
left now in the detritis among weeds in the yard.
You never know what wonders arrived here one day
when the paint was new and the laundry
hung wet on the clothesline in the winter sun