In This Ditch

Lies an ox

gored or not

I cannot say

for knee deep

in my rubber boots,

I would prefer to not

lie in this ditch, too

In a ditch like this

I used to find tadpoles

and in another

very large ditch

called Jeanatta

I would play

and look for snakes

and frogs and try

to not get hurt

And when I tired

the door would be locked

and we peed in the bushes

and we ate cold fish

sandwiches in the shade

of what I remember as elms

but could have been

something else completely.