Archetypal, the dusty parking lot<\/p>\n
with hand-scrawled signs,<\/p>\n
willows thick along the stony creek,<\/p>\n
late-summer dry.<\/p>\n
Body flattened to the ground,<\/p>\n
small brown curly-haired dog<\/p>\n
wills her three sheep smoothly<\/p>\n
through all four gates.<\/p>\n
Oblivious to all else,<\/p>\n
a child sits in the dirt.<\/p>\n
His hand through the chain-link fence<\/p>\n
caresses a miniature goat.<\/p>\n
Scent of fresh hay,<\/p>\n
sweetness of animal dung.<\/p>\n
At the ice-cream stall<\/p>\n
a tot in her father\u2019s arms demands<\/p>\n
a chocolate-covered cone.<\/p>\n
Unseen by the child,<\/p>\n
the server also hands the man<\/p>\n
a bowl and spoon.<\/p>\n
Slices of heirloom apple<\/p>\n
crisply tart on the tongue.<\/p>\n
Angora rabbit pants as she<\/p>\n
submits to being shorn.<\/p>\n
Her cloud of fur becomes yarn<\/p>\n
on the spinning wheel close by.<\/p>\n
Ferris wheel whirl and squeal,<\/p>\n
diesel rumble, carousel tunes.<\/p>\n
Pink-cheeked above the white and green<\/p>\n
of her 4H uniform,<\/p>\n
a child sets down her golden trophy,<\/p>\n
takes her bantam cock from the cage.<\/p>\n
It nestles in her arms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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