We are universal
like the sun
spilled drink
the barking dog
greeting a friend
flowers for the dead
dirty shoe
an unmade bed
some do not see
the world
but drive
straight through
swallowing hard
without chewing
Tess Kincaid
July 2011
Tess Kincaid
July 2011
image: People of Chilmark, Thomas Hart Benton, 1920