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The Poetic City: “Driving to Work Down Willow Street: First Sip”

Jun 04, 2018 • Creative Writing
 

Driving to Work Down Willow Street: First Sip 

The oak trees of Willow Street (photo by: Kelley Crawford)

 
Driving to work 
 
down Willow Street, 
 
crooked oak branches 
 
twist morning sunlight, 
 
turning it upside-down,
 
even inside-out, 
 
as their leaves granulate
 
the light into sugar 
 
to sweeten the day.
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