20 October 2005 | Vol. 5, No. 3
The Week in Renovation: Thursday
You have to wonder
who would leave
a ladder open
in an empty lot.
You'd need
an extension
to claim your reward,
at least. I heard
it's still there.
I'm going over there.
I'm sitting it out
to see who comes
to claim it.
Of all the objects
torn from their contexts
and left on the side
of the road, this time
I want to ask:
What in hell?
I want, for once, to get
to the bottom of it.
About the author:
Carolyn Guinzio is the author of Quarry (Fall 2008, Free Verse Editions, Parlor Press), and West Pullman (Bordighera, 2005), winner of the Bordighera Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in Cannibal, Colorado Review, New American Writing, Typo, and elsewhere. She has an MFA from Bard College and lives in Fayetteville, AR.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Carolyn Guinzio at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 5, No. 3, where "The Week in Renovation: Thursday" ran on October 20, 2005. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
