Rectangular City
four walled clouds
carpet ground
coffee table sidewalk
sofa park
vase sculpture
chair stairs
desk office
bookcase condos
bookstack building
book flats
picture frame advertisements
stereo TV multiplex
dining table food court
wastebasket dump
great lamp fan in the sky
Temple City History
It stands 17 feet
tall
like a little
Washington monument
A memorial to a
veteran
who died 97 years
ago
a 22 year old
Sergeant
in the Argonne
Forest
Another plaque is
attached
to the side of the
base
to remember
Vietnam dead
and still missing
in action
The concrete
obelisk has stood
for a long
lifetime in a park
named after the
landowner
who bought a
Spanish parcel
His bronze bust on
a pedestal
features peering
eyes
through round
spectacles
and a bristling
mustache
as you enter the
southwest
corner festooned
with camellias
In the center is a
gazebo
bordered by white
picket fence
where a band can
play or
a politician
preach people
Today two
black-haired women
practice Tai-Chi
by benches
A slow moving man
helps
his grand-daughter
slide
down cobalt blue
plastic
onto (I think)
American sand
I sit at a green
picnic table
beside the only dusty
hibachi
ingest the last half
century all at
once
Simile
City
A family of red
roses
Cluster together
Like a solar array
A pair of parrots
Screech overhead
Like pod racers
Two honking cars
Pass in parking lot
Like dogs barking
Air conditioners
Hang out windows
Like bored citizens
A couple walk their
Pooch on the
sidewalk
Vanish like settlers
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