42opus
is an online magazine of the literary arts.
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's book West Pullman won the 2004 Bordighera Poetry Prize and will appear in a bilingual English/Italian edition this year. A new manuscript was one of ten finalists for the 2005 Del Sol Press Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared recently or is forthcoming in Indiana Review, Luna, New American Writing, Octopus, Colorado Review, Willow Springs, and elsewhere. Carolyn has an MFA from Bard College and has received awards from the Illinois Arts Council, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Kentucky Arts Council among others.
Source:
http://42opus.com/v5n3/thursday