school bus

school busthe man at the corner

stands with daughter in hand

ready to put her on the bus

 

flash of yellow and fists of smoke

and the man is alone,

he waits a moment

 

backfire, woodpecker trill,

chainsaw whine and hammer fall,

he looks at his shoes

 

when he walks away

he leaves a hole

that hangsĀ there all day

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Patrick Dobson

Patrick Dobson was founded in 1962. He is a writer, scholar, ironworker, and poet who lives in Kansas City, MO. He is author of two books with the University of Nebraska Press, Seldom Seen: A Journey into the Great Plains (2009) and Canoeing the Great Plains: A Missouri River Summer (May 2015). Dobson is a work in progress until termination.

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