Just in Case You’d Forgotten

there are some lives
lived poolside

and others that
mostly consist of
a bent back in a field –

some are chauffeured
some are piled into the backs of trucks
driven fifty miles
from border to farm
on rough roads –

some lives make deals
others deal with what’s dealt them –

all are dripping wet –

a few from beads of chlorine
most from sweat

 

 

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, River And South and The Alembic. Latest books, Subject Matters, Between Two Fires and Covert are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Paterson Literary Review, White Wall Review and Cantos.