I never liked the tree my dad planted in the back yard. It replaced the tree I used to love, the one he
cut down
a couple years after we moved in...the one we had our pit/rot mix chained to. He was a mean dog, but I missed him when he ran away.
This new tree has no trunk...it's just
branches sticking out of the ground...but it provides afternoon shade, and I smoke my afternoon ciggarettes underneath it.
The flies here are ridiculous.
It's as if something unseen is decomposing, and they get stuck in my curls and all I can hear is their never ceasing buzzing. If they are trying to tell me their secrets, I am sad that I don't understand them, but grateful that they drown out the noise of the cars passing by.
I'm tired of traffic. Tired of this trunk-less tree. Tired of me.
I wish I didn't need it's shade, but I'm already too dark for my own good...
and
title applying
I'll either remain and be stretched too thin,
or depending on the time
disappear all together. |
Submission Name: The sun chases shadows...
