Poems from Molly Raley
the garden is overgrown by weeds,
the garden would be lovely without them,
the flowers would be able to be free,
to be able to breathe
...
White Sunshine,
Red racing dark cars
Yellow fire hydrants
Old dirty money
Baseball cards on the dresser
A ball cap resting on the floor
Bed...
so many shelves
aligned the translucent walls
to where the outside world is invisible
clear smooth glass bottles sit on each one of them...
I have been thinking all day
Unable to focus on anything
Possibly her expression at distance
She is lonely
He is gone
She misses him
She...
On that one side of paradise
In the Tropic of Cancer
Along past warehouses and water towers
Their backs turned squarely
To the train that...