"Love in Harvest" by Dione M. Surdez (September 5th, 2007)



Ted (second from right) and Workers

 Yellowed papers

            Torn and brittle

            Pencil smudges

            Ink marks



Midwestern romance

            Hobo

            Schoolmarm

            1920’s economy

Absent parents

Dead and drunk

            Boy of boys

            Girl of five

Discontented past

            Implausible future

            Running against where

            They once came

Endless journey

            1,000 years

            12 months

            30 days


Loves intentions

            Sent a-courtin'

            Passed down

            Hand-to-hand

Afflicted hearts

            Incomprehension

            Trickling tragedy

            Persists