
ducks & geese
cluster in a shallow stream:
layover lounge.

ducks & geese
cluster in a shallow stream:
layover lounge.

bird at work:
flitting branch to branch,
seeking perfect seeds.

deer eyes walker.
jumbo jets scream overhead,
but it heard stick crack.

one butterfly:
with so many eyes
that cannot see.

weary sunflowers
turn their backs on the sun:
heads bowed.

late Summer:
the last days before
reed heads fluff.

fallen blossoms
carpet the ground,
mottled by sunlight.

buds & blossoms,
in vibrant red, gussy up
a dreary cityscape.
Stumps are underwater. The pebble beach is gone. Floating docks slant downstream as fast waters roll on. Detritus on pylons: a beaver dam of wood. Coffee brown waters flow where yesterday I stood. Will the levees stand strong until the surge recedes? Will the flood wash away the willows and the reeds?
The desert called; its tone silent. It asked me out, and so I went. One patch of dune looked like the rest; so, I couldn't tell which place was best to burn just like a slice of bread stuck in the slot, 'mid burning threads: those glowing wires, exuding heat that burn the head and burn the feet. And so, I marched across the sands in search of more temperate lands, but I never reached such a place and vanished there, without a trace.