Weeds
- The pine trees planted
- along the fence this spring
- old Mrs. Sheff and I
- said soon would block our view
- are dying
- the man who planted them
- doesn’t care
- he moved away
- anyway
- he got them free
- at the nursery
- where he works
- but our landloard
- watering the trees
- on his own time said
- those who don’t care
- about keeping the place up
- are on their way out
- and I turned my back
- wanting to see things grow
- but almost laughed
- well, he’s not really
- our landlord but
- he takes our rent
- and tells us to keep
- the weeds down.
30 July 1974