johnny reeves
did have sittings on the riverbank
where i do make the leaves and
twigs float by in the ice green water.
even with my hat down over my ears i did hear him cry,
neighbor,
oh neighbor.
so i made my way to see what he did want.
johnny reeves did stand when he had seeings of me
and a girl did stand up in the brown tangle bank beside him and run away
and johnny reeves did yell
and make fist shakings at me
and i did yell
and make fist shakings back
and we did have a good game of yellings and shakings
until sara chickering did call me
and i had runnings back to the house
to gather the warm chicken eggs
from the steamy straw nests.