The radio was playing _____an unmistakable old song.
Instead of paging through electronic mail,
_____ I was staring out his window
_____at a saguaro cactus rising crookedly from the sand.

Proudly his cat set the dead lizzard beside the keyboard,
and stalked to the window sill.
My hand hit the can of coca cola.

The keys on his detachable beige keyboard stayed stuck down
for several days.

..................................................... home