Homestead
Now we’d have lived there–
it finally stopped ticking
and there was another town–
America, the fable part we missed.
There was Appalachia, and it was
beginning to be Midwest–
hill-farms giving way to flatter places
where there would be guess-work.
Should we plant corn? Or maybe
peas? We would need a tractor.
You patted your hammock and said
Sally Field? I said, Sally Field.
That’s how we knew we were still alive.
The true part–
nevermind. Next thing you know
the remake’s being done–
better than the original.
And we didn’t want to look up
to see the actors describing
their challenges to one another.
Sensational? You know.
Weeds overgrown.
14 hour days.
Just get over it.