Trailer Life
Trailer Life
1.
I walk by a trailer park
one of the many around
my neighborhood where I live
enjoy tended yard
This is familiar life
my home has a foundation
but for many years did not
memories of trailers
Most of my journey through life
spent in small cinder block rooms
a closet and a dresser
maybe a bathroom
Sometimes I rented a space
in either a single wide
or a double wide lifestyle
better then cinder
Days of well kept single wide
on spread out lots in the woods
where one could set camping chairs
sit as if not there
Listen to loud “Pink Floyd” tunes
while drinking a nightly mix
of Seagram Seven and Sprite
to sit in the here
2.
Or the joys of park living
at Mr. Burns Trailer Park
with laundry mat, bar, and store
within an arms reach
A crumbling double wide
with holes where you could see ground
my cat would sneak through and scare
with sudden surprise
No environmental controls
so hot in the summertime
wrapped in blankets in winter
just me and a wreck
Every morning head outside
to tinker with my used car
to function enough to drive
back and forth from work
made sure to tell all visitors
to watch their step in living
room where the hole is a foot
wide and open space
Though falling apart still stood
lifted a good three feet up
from soft Louisiana soil
broken steps to door
3.
To drive down a country lane
attend trailer gathering
beer with “Proud Mary” blasting
from some truck speakers
Trailer park neighborhood nights
to chat while walking the dog
in sweats and t-shirt attire
to relax at home
Possibly foreign lifestyle
for lifetime suburbanite
whose never left the suburbs
or their ordered parks
Single, Double, or R.V.
share one thing with apartment
rentals or luxury homes
house simple families
Lucky to have lived in all
spent time in all these cultures
our local communities
those around the block
So many memories of rooms
either cinder block or wood
or live in aluminum
with insulation
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Good portrayal of a life style and good imagery. Well done, Jamie.
This is a nice write Jamie. I can relate, though I haven’t actiually lived in a trailer park. I have stopped in them for a few nights occasionally in our covervted bus/motor home, and my sons lived in a trailer/caravan while they were going studying a PT course at University. My wife and I lived in a shed off-grid on a 40 acre property for around fiver years. Good work.
Great imagery here of trailer park life.
Thank you Phyllis, John, and Rasma. Jamie