Rose Auslander – “New Again” – A Poem
New Again
The saints march past
a foundation under nothing here,
steps to nowhere there,
a boat in the street
ready to sail past
a girl sitting
in the door of a trailer,
in the rain
a man hammering
a door to a house
that isn’t there,
hammering a spark
to blow the roof off
empty windows,
broken homes, and
let the good times roll.