Diana Darby ** "I V" ** Intravenous

Free For the Taking

He’s coming for wood.
Free wood.
From an oak and an elm
that were cut down in my backyard
five years ago.
He wouldn’t be here if I were asking for money.
But when I said it was free…
He’s coming with his truck and he’ll haul it away.
He’ll have his wood for the winter
and I’ll have my bare blacktop back.