Poetry Corner: Broke Down Fence

by Pat Darnell


Broke down fence
I feel like
a busted slat
I dangle like that

A broke down fence
I feel like
a fallin' down picket
where my posts failed

I slope
at my gate
where once
I stood straight

I feel like
a broke down fence

my hinge don't rotate,
supports -- dry rot ate
invisible in these trees
posts are nests
for carpenter bees

yes, broke down old fence
you get no argument
from me, at best,
coulda' used augments

Shor' enuff
could use a rest
layin' down
with Nature's best

rest my self
'neath giant cactus
Broke down fence
I do attest