BEEN GONNA
To Everett everything
He had meant to do was
Termed “been gonna” —
So when you view his
Unfinished farm built on top
Of old farms of the
Past, including the burned
Down house his was above,
And the barn once torched,
Never mind the wrecked cars
Over the river bank and
Sculptures of rusted farm
Machinery pulled into one
Corner of the pasture, and
The sugar house built on a
Slipping log sill, and the
Barbed wire fence line
Fallen in the brook, you’re
Looking at a lot of been gonna.
from Where Rivers Meet, Bob Arnold
photo © bob arnold
