Undocumented
—Kathleen Gunton
Commonweal September 20, 2010 - 9:58am
“pockets lined with dust and fresh hope”
—August Wilson
Between white lines
in the parking lot
he stands waiting.
Now he has found a tree
to lean upon. Quietly
he scans each truck
each oncoming car
a day’s work?
With this loop of words
I tie myself to that tree.
Perhaps you are the one
who understands this.
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