Page of Burnt Umber
A left arm stretches to
toss toast, burnt,
from a second floor
window – to feed
wild birds.
Pockets stuffed
with apples, sliced –
bruised, and lips
suck skin from a grape.
Roots of a weeping willow
push earth up and out
near a garden
burning trash –
Steinbeck on booze
a left hemisphere
exposed.