Steel vs. Irony

the painted steel door
vs.
the leaf

year after year
season upon season
a slow race to oblivion

someone eventually paints the door
spring eventually comes back again

the dead leaf renewed
but it’s never the same one.
depending on staffing levels, funding, and politics…
the door–eventually painted
but it’s always the same one.

the painted steel door
vs.
the leaf

one at the mercy of maintenance
the other
at the whim of coal-fired
electrical ‘plants’

***