A family, no farm, a bottle<\/p>\n
emptied; drunk till the thinnest brown moon
\nhalf-circled its base.<\/p>\n
Outside, the Sapello sun robbed the land
\nof its fruit and flower. All the rainfall sucked
\nback through some straw
\nin the sky.<\/p>\n
The clouds fat
\nwith what they wouldn\u2019t give us. We once heard cackles
\nbetween the gaps
\nin the stratus. We saw a fire
\nstart out of drought, felt
\nthe smoke bruise our eyelids. Purpled
\nand puckered, those petals withered, too. Inside,<\/p>\n
a television buzzed
\ninto the cold mornings.
\nBetween the bathroom walls
\na cut straw plugged
\nMom\u2019s nose. Two more pills always tucked
\ninside her menthol pack.<\/p>\n
A dry wind would kick
\nour roof at night. We woke up next to notebooks
\nscribbled with another night\u2019s dream.<\/p>\n
Dad kicked doors. Slammed them
\non his own fingers.
\nHis voice broke us
\ndown like that plastic Christmas tree
\nhiding in the closet.<\/p>\n
Except for those weeks we saw the red lights glow
\nfrom the highway<\/p>\n
just like you did.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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