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I Observe How Flowers Pose
I like noticing chalk drawings on pavement
and garden gnomes and berries on bushes;
birdhouses and bird feeders
and even ‘Beware of Dog’ signs.
Making mental notes of toys
on front lawns, where mailboxes are situated,
political signs, blinking lights on railings,
nativity figures, basketball hoops,
and homemade barricades is how I learn
about the world when I’m not working.
I don’t waste my time feeling how some flowers feel.
Maybe some people would appreciate
passersby admiring the way that they decorate
their windows. Maybe I like giving unacknowledged
recognition to what people post on utility poles
because I figure that people never post
anything for nothing.
I acknowledge the way things are laid out at shops
and on front and even back yards and around fences
because none of these would be if people didn’t want
anyone to see them.
