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Going to Michigan for the weekend (Free verse) by <~>
You make it out to be more than it is.
Really, it's a small place.
Sounds fancier than it looks.
Still, it's got to be nice to have someplace
to go. Someplace with a garden and
barbecue grill and some peace.
We fish; we sit; we garden;
we run; we swim; we relax:
all the things the city steals away.
For much the same reasons, I put in a pond
last fall, and sit with my goldfish and a coffee
or a beer, depending on the time of day.
We bought it on a whim,
with a windfall
that came our way
I dug it on my own, and the labor
was the better part of me for weeks
but I needed something, needed
and get there whenever we can
afford the time away.
someone, but I can't tell you that
without making it out to be more
than it is.
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