High Noon

Edward Dewar

Edward Dewar

Always in demand,
often doled out 
in ounces, 
semi-precious
 
and somewhat combustible.
It's Friday, defiant 
 
last day 
of the workweek, 
envoy of a lazy Saturday. 
 
A crow flies to the top
of a yellowing
Lombardy 
poplar 
and shrieks 
 
at a prowling tabby cat. 
Later today hobby farmers 
 
and artisans 
will set up 
their display tables. 
Across the street 
 
in an abandoned lot
two neighbourhood 
kids begin 
circling
each other
 
with orchestrated toughness.
 

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