the sunlight flickers
on me between
houses
while driving in my car
taking my daughter to
school
the leaves are falling everywhere
making way for the
frost
she has early morning testing,
what can I say we are tested
and categorized by majority
opinion,
why not testing?
testing is all
we need to succeed,
I'm still being tested
now as a father,
it's an absurd predicament.
I pull up to the school
get in a three block long line
with the other parents, sitting in
conversation, criticism, some frown
and others have twisted smiles.
which door, I ask.
that one, she points.
I proceed,
then stop at the door.
see ya later dad.
ok, I say.
I make a left to get back on
the road.
the leaves are all over the place:
all over the road,
on smoking houses,
all over the parked cars. |
Submission Name: fallen leaves
