The Caretakers
The Caretakers
The Bible says God
went walking in the cool
of the day, meaning,
one assumes,
in the morning —
a bearded boomer
walking his property
(helped with taxes),
boots dark with dew,
calling out
for the caretaker, kid
named Adam,
nice kid, maybe
a little lazy.
Nice girl, too.
Sometimes in the evening
he’d hear them playing
vinyl records
(Dylan, the Doors,
the Dead) in the bower
where they lived
rent-free in exchange
for following
a few simple rules.
Nice to have
somebody around,
keep an eye on things.
But that morning
they were nowhere
to be seen.
He'd shouted
himself hoarse
when, finally,
from behind a tree…