in the relentless heat........In the
depths of the garage
entered a minute earlier...................
my car was hoisted slowly upwards
leaves turned yellow
......................exposing its rusted underbelly
rain................................ while I stared queasily
cold water......................at the MacDonalds across the street,
as if our daily suppers depend on it.....
whose doors a fellow victim of mechanical failure
blood stains....................had entered a minute earlier.
brown grass on the hills.............
clack clickety clack clack clack.............
a glass of beer.................
sleep............................
background noise............
low flying planes.............
never allowed to enter........
the smell of green grass..........
a tenuous relationship to reality......
warm sun.........................
a red front door................
cold cereal........................
working............................
and seep in your soul....................
a white shirt.......................
making love......................
the children laughing..........
blue jeans.........................
potato soup......................
the unbidden flood...............
extensive passages of discordant voices.......
footprints..........................
unwashed windows...........
a dark corner....................
the pine trees overhead......
walking.............................
riding................................
the horizon........................