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Poems by Chip Post

An August Day

Road construction ahead
I-5 north at the freeway entrance
A red romeo on the side of the road
unwilling to change its status
One bank says 89, another 92
as the sun moves slowly
leaving shadows only under the eyes
A lone old man waiting, patiently
on the corner of Silver Lake Drive
where the red light still stands
and the drowsiness can be felton an August day