Block Party USA
written by: John Grochalski
overheard
the sky is gray
as the deluge comes
like the television weather forecaster
in the mini skirt said,
it’s going to rain all day
and all of their american flags hang limp
their colors dulled
against the lead pencil sky
as the
god fearing
country loving
patriots
sit on their stone porches
with bored, disappointed, scowling faces
while the dogs on the block walk around
sniffing each other’s asses
getting gleefully soaked in the rain
John Grochalski is the author of five poetry collections, three novels, and the novella Wolves of Berlin Play Amateur Night at the Flute and Fiddle Pub (Alien Buddha Press 2024). He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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