I read another layer here: to me, "than go off course again" suggests naval navigation. This place is like a seascape with no landmarks. And those that exist (the Home, Sweet Home signs) are false because there are lots of them. I get the sense of a ship lost in fog surrounded by so many lighthouses the crew can't identify any of them. So it conveys to me a mixture of would-be homeliness and naval lostness. I think the poem contains some originality.
Like Petra, I had a problem with ankle-height grass.
I like the "apple blossom tree". It suggests that these trees are there only because they look good for a brief period in spring--a concise way of eliciting superficiality.
John
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