\n| And you will see<\/p>\n (What is not listed on the right)<\/i><\/p>\n Focused in the lens of God
\nA motorized wheelchair
\nDriven on the sidewalk
\n(Where else could she go?)<\/i>
\nBy a woman twisted by a palsy<\/p>\n Her dog walks patiently beside her
\nA blond lab\/spaniel mix
\nWho doesn’t mind the
\nLeisurely pace;
\nOn his back
\nLike a packsaddle is
\nHer shopping bag<\/p>\n This drama passes most days possible
\nExcept for snowy days when
\nHer wheels cannot get through.<\/p>\n Her eyes are focused ahead
\nOnce, though, she stopped me
\nAs I was about to pass<\/p>\n Would you mind
\nScooping my dog’s poop?
\nNobody will stop.<\/i><\/p>\n I dug out the plastic bag
\nFrom behind her chairback
\nAnd for once I felt
\nIncluded in the focus.<\/td>\n | And look out over the flagstone path
\nBetween two patches of grass
\nBetween the maple and locust trees
\nAt the sidewalk
\nAt the brick median
\nAt the parking meter
\nAt the concrete hydo pole
\nAt the asphalt pavement
\nAt the sidewalk
\nAt the parking lot
\nAt the fence
\nAt the lawn
\nAt the lane
\nAt the church
\nAt the sky<\/p>\n\u2014 In that order<\/p>\n And populate it
\nWith all the usual
\nPeople:
\nHappy
\nIntense
\nDesultory
\nCarrying purchases
\nAnticipating;
\nWalking
\nRiding bikes
\nDriving cars
\nDriving vans
\nDriving trucks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sit on my concrete steps And you will see (What is not listed on the right) Focused in the lens of God A motorized wheelchair Driven on the sidewalk (Where else could she go?) By a woman twisted by a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-writing","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |