from the road, the bright white gate
at the back of the field, nothing visible beyond
in the new light
after the rains of earlier this day
held to the graying post,
hanging on the hinges, the wires;
off in the distance
dividing what we do not know
lying beyond the white bright gate
November 20, 2009
gate in the back of the near field
near Garos Farm
Pleasant Street,
43.118330, -71.456250
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Hooksett, NH
(Raymond A. Foss)
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