4:57
the street light begins to fight
December’s dead light
Author: kelleywhitemd
Pediatrician Kelley White has worked in inner city Philadelphia and rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA. Her most recent collection is NO. HOPE STREET (Kelsay Books). She received a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.
February 1st
working inside all day long
I forget the sky
December morning
my neighbor ties blue balloons
to her front porch
bag lady
tied to her hat
a Christmas bell
angry neighbors
I must find the stray dog
another home
stuck in a crack
of the old house’s roof beam
engraved wedding ring