from
   the          strife
of dereliction
      pause
  
             pass
 empty barrels


 to the fore
    misconstrued

some seemingly
engraved
    with

implausible
       reasoning
 

                  the twins conjoined 
by alcohol

        playing harps
and

  wearing leather moccasins

the forensic pattern
       prevailed
in time
             and without a light to guide

past the edge of the garden

  and toward the back alley

 the fence was jumped
                 a rottweiler pulled at the bulky chain

across the street the tv was on

     and an old man was sitting on the porch drinking a Miller High Life