A poem from a Poetry Club member
In our poetry club we have quite a few members who’s talent deserves to be recognized so I have taken some time to share their work with the Blog!
They Are Building A Mcdonalds
On the field outside my home.
Where there used to be trees
When i visited last
Not just trees but an entire forest,
Where my childhood dog got lost when she ran out,
Narrowly avoiding the cars from either direction
To get to the boggy treeline
Not just a forest but a habitat for other creatures
Tricolored herons, gators and white ibis
Pushed to the fringes of the remaining pines
They pine, homesick
They have built a *mcdonalds*, where, in other days
Trailblazing children had fashioned walking sticks
And branded themselves intrepid explorers
Finding branches strikingly slingshot shaped
To take home as their prize
How happy i was then, not knowing how happy,
Driving the path along the forest’s perimeter
Watching the trees rustle and punch their way into the sky
They are building a mcdonalds—
The off-beat beeps of dump truck reversals,
And the clawing chorus of excavators labors
A melody, a dirge, the anhingas sing
~Caleb O’malley
@calebs.coffee