Hot outside as a panting dog with tongue
By: Ruth Deming
Hot outside as a panting dog with tongue
Hanging out
I pour myself 2 glasses of pure water
And set out down the street.
The neighbors on this fancy street called
Cowbell have no idea I almost died from a terrible fall
Do they care?
They know me by that crazy blue hat
I slant over my eyes and while walking
Apply Neutrogena No. 30 especially
Around the nostrils
I salute the Tesla Family at the end of the road
Playing water games on their huge front lawn
My leg still aches like Dennis Hopper and his
Make shift crutch or that I am watching How Saturn
Got its rings a few billion years ago, which I hope to understand after a while.
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Ruth Z. Deming, 204 Cowbell Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090, USA. Ruth Z Deming spent time in a rehab facility after she fell and is now learning how to walk again. She lives and walks on Cowbell Road refusing to use a walker or a cane.
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