Areas of Weakness (Day 451)

following you around 

laughing or playing

suffering needlessly 

in the middle   blue 

as fieldstone and long 

as a ride along to our

broken places  muddling 

our meaning because

they are neighborhood 

voices  agitated  come out 

to soak up asphalt heat

under a violet fence 

the kind movie cowboys 

ride along to check 

for areas of weakness 

in need of repair

(c) 2018, by Hannah Six

Image: Black Cowboys
Negro State Fair, Bonham, TX 
c.1913 via Wikimedia Commons