so much depends
upon
you sprawled
across
a red wheel
barrow
your manicpan
icked hair
glazed with rain
water
the sound of you
clucking
beside the white
chickens
Esther Greenleaf Murer, a relic of the 20th Century, lives in Philadelphia. She has been featured poet in The Centrifugal Eye and KIN. She has published one collection, Unglobed Fruit. Links to some of her poems published in online zines may be found her blog at http://esthergreenleafmurer.blogspot.com/, which she may update someday.