Someone Else's Escape

Then the flattened trees 

flipping from one to the other 

following drops of pigment 

placed carefully 

symbols that became a trail 

a journey laid out 

maybe long ago 

maybe last year 

And how many went before 

then passed this second-hand path on 

to be sold on the cheap 

to bound escape-artist junkies 

February 18, 2019