Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Three Poems by g emil reutter
They Come Even in a Storm
The third nor'easter of the year has arrived
winds agitate trees, whips rain against bricks
warm glow of lights reflect off macadam. Snow
has yet to fall, yet in the middle of the block a
tow truck idles, radio crackles consumed in
the turbulent air. Truck backs up to a 2017
Ford as the voice of a young woman rises in
a painful shrill, car is hooked, she wails as one
does at a wake. She watches as the truck pulls
away into the now swirling snow, yellow strobe
lights of the repo truck fade into the darkness
of the storm.
Under the Pilings
Separating the homes of the neighborhood
was a swath of a field. Just wide enough for
a football or baseball game. In the middle of
the swath was a tall piling as a ladder to the sky.
Underneath we created makeshift diamonds in
the summer and grids in the autumn. When the
day wore on and boredom hit we would climb
the ladder to the sky and while most only made
it up two stories, Jim and Tommy always made
it tot he top, stood with arms raised between
insulators and wires as if they were kings of the
sun. So now an old man I return to the swath of
a field between the homes of my old stomping
grounds. There are no ballfields under the piling
and no kids running around the field. The ladder
to the sky now posted with no trespass signs, no
kids climbing most likely they are more cautious
than we were and probably smarter.
The Cat's Escape
Flowers uprooted from box, stomped
upon sidewalk, ripped up photographs
scattered across living room floor, dog
hiding under the couch, cat hanging on
door knob seeking escape, yearbook torn
apart, thrown in trash just because you
didn't have one.
Glasses broken upon kitchen floor
barefoot you ran over shards, through
the house, your voice changed from high
shrill to baritone, I did not know who you
were speaking with.
As your mind descended into dark places
you grabbed a piece of plastic, tried to cut
your wrists the wrong way, naked you burst
through the front door ran down the street to
the park frolicked amongst the dandelions, screamed
at the sky, I grabbed a robe, retrieved you, returned to
entrapment of the coffin of a house.
You lay down upon the couch, spoke in a
normal voice as if nothing had happened, fell into
a deep sleep. I pulled the dog from under the couch
sat on the front steps, held her as she licked paws, watched
the cat walk down the street. I placed the dog into the house
she ran up the steps. I looked at you on the couch, turned
opened the door, walked out and followed that cat away from
this place.
g emil reutter is a writer of poems and stories. Nine collections of his fiction and poetry have been published. He can be found at: https://gereutter.wordpress.com/about/
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