I stayed in there............ "Get me some
water."           
              
twilight semi-darkness..............The women in the bed next to me  
repeated her request
                                       
like the roar of traffic                    
......................over and over.
                  
from metal bars......"Get me some water."
           
the raised red button...........
         
blood stains......."She is in the advanced        
stages," a nurse whispered.
          
twisted under me.......
                   
the unstoppable sound of the river............"Little girl, will you  
get me some water?"
  
sleep..............................                            
cold water.........          
low flying planes.............                            
while the wheel spun around and        
around........                   
the evening sunlit leaves                            
the smell of green grass....                                            
warm sun
.........................                                        
a red front door................                                         
circle of light...............               
to the shores of Tripoli....................                       
a white shirt.......................                                    
making love......................                                      
the children laughing..........                                      
blue jeans.........................                                     
potato soup......................                                      
because I have never been there                 
footprints..........................                                    
unwashed windows...........                                       
a dark corner....................                                      
the pine trees overhead......                                      
walking.............................                                    
riding................................                                  
the horizon........................