now here is a scene I can enjoy
I thought
as I pulled up
a grandmother
crashing into a steel
bollard
at the speed
of soup
dribbling
off a spoon
some children
walking home
from school
jumping around
her 1975 Nissan
frantically trying to help
while in fits
of laughter
a motorcyclist
stopping
to see her back
& almost
losing a toe
the bus driver
slowing to see
what all the fuss
is about
& the indifferent trees
privy to all
watching on
as whole years
live & die
in single a morning’s work
©2022 Danny D. Ford All rights reserved.
Danny D. Ford’s poetry, illustration and photography have appeared in numerous online & print titles including ‘Three Poets 5’ – Hickathrift Press ‘Raffle’ & ‘Wellbeing’ – Poems For All/Scattered Like Seeds, ‘Sunshine Junkie’, ‘Flexeril Haikus’ & ‘Slides for Alberto’ – Between Shadows Press, ‘Perforated by Sirens’ – Analog Submission Press. The Unfolding Head can be found in Bergamo, Italy,
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