AT Adams & Rains Upholstery /LP Builders / Fayette Depot

The upholstery shop spills over with seatless chairs    Grief is fifteen
sets of narrow blue eyes        Atlanta relentlessly sets you in and back
The chewed white trees stunned into permanence    Each rotting
candywood house shakes with insects    The low brick buildings squat
down in the heat    We saw you in the office the day you left        The
tray of devilled eggs crushed the little sandwiches    Tremendous voices
pull the hat off the house   The sills lined with iridescent termite
wings        How much sand to stop the water climbing up the hill
How many roads named Peachtree        How much longer until the
front door opens    Will it be 5 o’clock    Will it be 6

Mirjam Frosth is a Swedish-American poet, photographer, and amateur geologist. She used to live in Gainesville, Florida, but has since left. She can be found in her neighbor's garden, looking for rocks.