poems

questions for a leafblower

are you jealous of your brother wind

who swirls and dances with the fallen leaves

while you travel from porch to porch

methodically organizing death into neat piles?

does it bother you to see that scoundrel

undo all your hard work

in one carefree gust

do you feel powerless

dependent on the laborer who straps you to their side or back

while sister wind flows freely at a whim

do you suffer to watch your master

mindlessly point you in any direction

with no apparent forethought

at times, stripping living plants of their leaves

are you thrilled by the repetition

by the the rounds you make

to the same houses

week after week

do you like my porch

i hope not

please stop coming