Driving from Rice Subdivision

Poem 3, June 3   Driving from Rice Subdivision   Wind from the southwest strips white blooms from Bradford Pears that line the street.   Like large snowflakes in February, they create a blizzard & fall, covering grass in white.   I remember two winters in a row when I lay on frozen ground, ratting the sewer line.   I hear my father’s voice talking about men freezing to death in the Battle of the Belgium Bulge.   At the stop sign while I wait, I close my eyes. The warmth of your skin   when I massaged your shoulders & your neck excites me… The driver behind me honks–my eyes open.

3 thoughts on “Driving from Rice Subdivision

  1. Rudy Thomas

    The poem should have posted like the one below:

    Poem 3, June 3

    Driving from Rice Subdivision

    Wind from the southwest
    strips white blooms from Bradford Pears
    that line the street.

    Like large snowflakes in February,
    they create a blizzard & fall,
    covering grass in white.

    I remember two winters in a row
    when I lay on frozen ground,
    ratting the sewer line.

    I hear my father’s voice
    talking about men freezing to death
    in the Battle of the Belgium Bulge.

    At the stop sign while I wait,
    I close my eyes.
    The warmth of your skin

    when I massaged your shoulders
    & your neck excites me…
    The driver behind me honks–my eyes open.

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