david Kettler Poems

Groan Up

We push kids to grow up
They just can't grow fast enough
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The doves they sit so patient and timid
The sparrows they flutter about
Birdseed and intrigue…just inches away
The Jay barges in with a shout
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Where we've been in our trusty old car
Leaves a tale that it can tell
From the dirt that graces the trailer hitch
To the mud in the fender well
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The overnight haze it scattered
Chased by the morning breeze
Racing along the roadway
Flirting with the trees
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The trees bow their branches
To the growing weight
The cocoon bows
To the butterfly…
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