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stork daddy driving up the small suburban landslide, articles
of family and achievment
and chores,
constantly being forgotten
by continuing to be.

a quaint patio, a tipped over
red recycling bin,
and the little houses dotting
the hills like figurines.

they stop at the mountains.
and god damn if you don't seem
the only real thing,
possibly also the mountains.

at night sometimes you drive up to
them, but you have to stop.
because you already know there's
just more roads on the other side
of them. it envelops the valley houses
like the walls of a crib.

later one such night,
in one such town,
you go to a small bar.
in the bathroom a fake id kid
goads his friend -
"use it or lose it"

this drink that drink,
stand in for possibility,
maybe threaten to open
something in an otherwise
static mountain.

her eyes, your eyes,
are there roads already there?
none that you know.
that's how recycling bins
end up on a quaint patio
tipped,
in the shadow of a mountain.
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