behind the hedge

behind the hedge

he lives in the house on the corner behind the hedge and something has happened of which nothing is said and he sits in the verge and dangles his legs at the oncoming traffic making them swerve

at school he’s in trouble detention again he copies lab rules ignoring the pain of that thing left unsaid which happened in the neat house on the corner — behind the hedge

of course they try talking to find what’s unsaid they prize and they pry inside his head he has told them before the cause of distress but his simple home truths fail to impress

he’s up on the roof dangling legs — over the gutter - he threatens to jump and now he’s excluded and sits in the verge his legs in the road making cars swerve with dancing cow parsley daisies and sedge and the house on the corner behind the hedge