pedestrian roadways sinking in the earth

Tomorrow will be graduation day
many caps a capers will be thrown to the ground
in remorse, she backs off slightly
scared to read her mother’s journal
of broken houses that stood until morning

She was, however, thrilled to be renewed again
like the wager and tossing of a friend indisposed
and languishing like a car tire in the street
by the bank and the other places she meets
spotted owls and subsequent renewals

Of lies her mother told her
To cover up her crimes

Dedicated to the future adult children of my ex-wife, who will hear about me, but have no idea that their mother was an abusive spouse.