Anatomy of a Strip Mall Parking Lot
It begins
with that angled sidewinder
of yellow curbing,
a planned pile
of artisanal rocks
at the base of a rounded
shrub,
and spaces for all the cars,
you can count them
if you want,
more yellow lines
that match the leaves of the trees
in season.
And that chipmunk
fighting with a crow over
unseen bounties
while a bushy black squirrel
runs under parked cars
across from the large soapy windows
of the car wash place
that keeps everyone looking
their best.
Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage. His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, Borderless Journal, GloMag, Red Fez, and Lothlorien Poetry Journal.
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