Saturday, June 03, 2006

Fence Memory

Many years ago
I built this fence
to keep the dog 'in'

Now, the gate can stand open
and the dog just looks

When I was nailing the final pickets onto the rails,
a neighbor girl (who was used to cutting through)
made one last run and slipped through the space -
her smile is still etched in my mind.

6 comments:

floots said...

wonderful
it is just so true how a moment can stay with us
you should be very proud of this one
(william carlos williams eat your heart out) :)

steve said...

floots - very kind - it's a good memory - she's all grown up and gone now

Pat Paulk said...

Steve, a great moment to remember!!

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

good one! I have a lot of dogs in my neighborhood and I'm really glad they have fences! :)

steve said...

pat - thank you - she just had to run through the yard one last time!

andrew - a very good use for fences. Great picture, btw!

Anonymous said...

i enjoyed this one, steve