Kingdom Come by Charlie Robert
Rural Route Three.Billboards.Debris.This is God’s Green EarthWhere Hope applied And got denied.Where teenage brides Watch children rideHand-me-down bikes inHand-me-down clothes.Heads down riding fast pastBoarded up houses.Past lives and Past spouses.Windows. Staple-gunned in plastic.Doors. Ripped from hinges.RacoonIn the cupboard.SnakeIn the sink.Sparrows.Scraping the ceilings. Beating their wings in silence. *previously published in The Orchards Poetry Journal Continue reading Kingdom Come by Charlie Robert
