Mudsale
crowds bump shoulders
Mudsale mix in winter shades
black hues on denim
Amish next to English:
My People, plain and simple,
stick to their own
Old Order, black and white,
New Order, blossom colors,
a rainbow tinged black
summer reprieve
no heavy black winter coats,
black sweaters left home
sexes move in flocks,
boys with men, girls with women,
birds in migration
men and boys wear night,
add straw hats, red suspenders,
a flock of robins
females in public:
sneakers, apron, long plain dress,
cover hair on head
barefoot in home and field
many children, none to spare
many hands share work
all solids and blacks
patterns and prints saved for quilts
no ornamentation
youngsters and elders,
little fathers and mothers
shadows and flowers
they follow the sun
cars hit buggies and horses
out of time and place
(First Published by Leaves of Ink, April 21, 2016
(Republished by: Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog, www.charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com )
https://charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com/2022/02/14/free-verse-by-ingrid-bruck/
Date Published: February 14, 2022