Care Package

From the north end of the city

Ruth and Naomi pushed

A box spring on a skate board

Over the bridge and the parted waters

To the city of Habitation

They placed the box spring

Over a rocky patch in the community garden And made a mattress from tall grass

And forget-me-nots

While the penthouse dwellers

And false front fellers

Dropped tea cups of acid

Over hoi polloi

Naomi tended to blighted fruit trees Grafting new branches to the old

Ruth wove blankets

Of protection from the wind

Some conclusions based upon the evidence at hand: Homespun care is difficult to tear

The honest-faced are difficult to break