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Poems - Groceries for Jesse

Groceries for Jesse

by vexations

Royal Road slopes

enough so that your toes know

which way you are going.

Kudzu and ragweed accent the driveway

pitted with bushel basket size

holes amid roaming plastic grocery bags.

A 1960’s version mobile home

fights Mimosa and blackberry bush

to remain visible.

As I ascend the creaking steps

a neighbor cracks the quiet

to announce that, “Jesse is on the way.”

I hear the clop, swish, clop

as Jesse corners onto Royal Road

and chugs toward me.

Sweat rivers from his beard.

He greets me with,

“Thanks for the groceries.”

I said, "I need you to sign

to show I brought food."

I didn’t ask, “How did you lose your leg?”

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Re: Groceries for Jesse (Score: 1 )
by deepali on Monday, May 28, 2012 (13:47:24)

as I read, it played as a movie and the end rips...
great write!!
warm wishes,
D.

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Re: Groceries for Jesse (Score: 1 )
by vexations on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 (07:56:29)

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Re: Groceries for Jesse (Score: 1 )
by sedubah on Monday, May 28, 2012 (14:44:29)

Vivid!

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Re: Groceries for Jesse (Score: 1 )
by vexations on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 (07:57:13)

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Re: Groceries for Jesse (Score: 1 )
by JPerry1980 on Thursday, June 07, 2012 (15:00:36)

Very hard hitting work showing the disparity of many veterans in our throw-away society where their sacrifice and service are not given the honor deserved by so many of us (at least this is what I took from this very descriptive work). I enjoyed it - but at the same time it certainly made me very sad in realizing this is a daily state of affairs for all too many veterans.

j.p.

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Re: Groceries for Jesse (Score: 1 )
by vexations on Friday, June 08, 2012 (17:00:44)

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