Abandoned
asylum, an empty
barber’s chair
Author: Ken Wagner
06-20-21
A deer chews
the flowers in my garden
My back stiffens
A deer chews
the flowers in my garden
His tail swats gnats
A deer chews
The garden
flowers
06-16-20
Umbrella lifts
on the windy beach
Last breath
06-15-20
Spiraled staircase
Rising hotter
and hotter
Heat blasts glass
down the metal steps
Fire escape
06-14-20
Trampled fence
Deer cross
the property
06-13-20
Butterfly lands
on a blade of grass
Sunset
06-12-20
Lover’s padlock
on a chain link fence
Empty building
Lover’s padlock
on a chain link fence
Broken glass
Lover’s padlock
on a chain link fence
Smoke is rising
06-11-20
Abandoned pier
Waves roll past
the remaining pilings
06-10-20
Morning walk
Sun glistens in the
spider’s web
06-09-20
Air Force
flyover
The crowd waves
Air Force
flyover
The crowd scatters