{"id":2254,"date":"2013-07-03T21:52:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T21:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?page_id=2254"},"modified":"2013-07-03T21:52:32","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T21:52:32","slug":"john-grey-july-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/archives\/john-grey-july-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"John Grey, July 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEAVING DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a morning that begins
\nwith a disturbance, with me gripping my
\ndaughter’s hand tightly as if<\/p>\n

to hold her down in a hurricane.
\nBehind the noise and bustle,
\nthere’s my instinct to not let go.<\/p>\n

It is moving day next door,
\nheavy bass notes of the truck
\nbacked up into their driveway,<\/p>\n

the scrape of furniture on concrete,
\nfine polished teak and rosewood
\nexposed to the grit of traffic<\/p>\n

like a well-bred lady having sex
\nwith a sailor. But only the larger
\npieces step from house to truck<\/p>\n

so naked. Most things are
\nin boxes, clues to lifetimes
\nconcealed from our prying eyes.<\/p>\n

My daughter asks me where are
\nthey going and then what’s in the
\ncrates without breath as if they<\/p>\n

are just part of the same question.
\nI turn my ignorance of my neighbors
\ninto my intimate knowledge of my<\/p>\n

own family. We would never treat
\nour piano, our four-poster, so thoughtlessly,
\nI tell her. We would never pack up<\/p>\n

our most precious things so uniformly,
\nso generically, as if a stack of
\nold magazines was equal to a favorite doll.<\/p>\n

We would certainly never allow such
\na grunting, groaning, diesel fueled
\ninvasion of our familiar lives.<\/p>\n

If we left, we would leave the things
\nbehind too large, too cumbersome,
\ntoo much a part of where they are now.<\/p>\n

We would take the few private things,
\nsingly, carefully, clutching them to us
\nas we made our exit.<\/p>\n

I tell her we would not leave like
\nneighbors leave. We would leave like she
\nwill leave some day.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

John Grey is an Australian born poet, works as financial systems analyst. Recently published in International Poetry Review, Chrysalis and the science fiction anthology, \u201cFuturedaze\u201dwith work upcoming in Potomac Review, Sanskrit and Osiris.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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