Those Who Live in Grass Houses

Abandonment 2

Abandonment 2

We’ve seen it often enough,
you and I and all the world,
there by the side of the road,
forlorn and bereft of hope,
worn and dirtied and abandoned,
so singular in mystery,
cast from society and exiled,
the shoe alone.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For PromptMaster! February Week 2 Task Prompt
Prompt: Write a poem using polysyndeton: adding multiple conjunctions in close succession for emphasis (e.g., “We lived and laughed and loved and left”).