Some Things Never Change

Motionless gray clouds

Float above the evergreens;

Siren wails below.

High in the gray sky

A plane disappears in the clouds;

Below, a crow pecks.

Clover and wild grass

Overpower the hydrant.

(Nature has its way.)

He's looking at me:

The bug eyed man in the sign.

Can he see me here?

Ivy's not complete

Without discarded garbage.

Some things never change.

Beige stands against beige;

Dead wood against dead wood.

There's no sign of life.

Hidden in the bush

Garbage consciously hidden.

(At least consciously.)

Rusty lawn mower;

Man says that it disappears

And then reappears!