I Am.... (Here, I Am Gone!)

i am... the screen half torn from the door, the print of the raccoon, on the hood of the car. i am oil tinged rainwater, caught in a bucket. the sound of trucks on a distant highway. i am snake skin, and spider's web, and the trail of the ants. the old woman hanging clothes, the dog on the porch. i am children dirty half naked, the watermelon, and the broomstick. i am poverty boiling, on the salted burner. i am the funeral suit, and hymns made of wool. i am spit dripping, from the chin of eternity. the unshaven gristle of autumn awaiting winter. i am the kite stuck in the highest branch. i am the lover, the potter, the gospel of the snail going home! i am the wrap of two bodies, two tongues, and one soul. i am the song of rust, tempting the grass. i am here, i am gone!