After Today (A Poem for Day 5 of PAD)

Daily plain
conversation
about air-
planes
lands downstairs.
In the backyard
amidst uninhabited islands
of dirt, flowers, weeds,
a saw whirs,
workers chew
ice cubes,
try not to think about
what could happen
when they leave.

Written for Day 5 of the April PAD Challenge. 

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