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DocuSign Envelope ID: DED368CC-D87F-4704-8F64-B8F2DB10EE93 <br /> "Sticks and Leaves," Louisiono Literoture, Spring/Summer 2011 <br /> Sticks and Leaves <br /> Mom, Sophie says, the big wind took our house. <br /> It'S still standing, reply, <br /> but I it for hours in my backyard, <br /> don't know what to do <br /> about the fallen trees. <br /> Maybe I should take a walk <br /> to the highway to find a sign for help, <br /> The highway is littered with spray-painted signs. <br /> DRUNKS WITH GUNS <br /> YOU LOOT, WE SHOOT! <br /> Maybe l'd rather sit <br /> and watch the wind blow dead branches. <br /> I'll watch the crisp blue sky overhead, <br /> that big blue smart-aleck sky. <br /> Everything is so dry now it cracks. <br /> Sticks and leaves. Sticks and leaves. <br /> My porch is gone so I sit <br /> where it used to be, Sophie opens <br /> the front door,asks,Areyou reading <br /> that poetry again?She sits down. <br /> While I read passages out loud, <br /> Sophie watches the sky. <br /> K. B.Young 3 <br />