Tuesday, October 18, 2022

My Front Porch

Just sitting here watching the world go by,

Me and my front porch.

Whittling time, chewing people pie,

Swallowing with delight.

Maybe a book to speed time along

Or fill in an empty space,

Sipping my unsweetened lemonade

In between people pie bites.

I spy as a robin peruses my lawn

For manna to feed his brood.

A little gray squirrel tiptoes up my steps

For handouts I gladly dispense.

Somewhere aloft and out of sight

A raven blares in dismay.

Curdling cries of ‘nevermore’

To make the bravest heart wince.

Soothed by wind chimes, a gentle breeze

Precursors a quiet rain,

And I settle in, content once again,

Monarch of my domain.

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