New Owners
The houses sit as mineral
growth in the fuzz
of a green escarpment
the iron haired have climbed
to ownership from the slope
and the dusk beamed below
waste disposal, drainage,
the falling view some of the extras
that sweeten the deal
because now everything falls away,
the silk sucking off the new monument,
standing in the living room
naked in a pile of clothes.
Richard Burgess was born in Rochester, New York and educated at The California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California. He currently lives and works in New York City.