beside me on the floor.........
the missing components
.....At its center was a tiny mechanically operated diorama
a glazed coffee cup........
...........................containing, in the foreground,
the fruits of wishful thinking.......
a female mechanical doll with two bobbing heads
the sound of water.........and, in the background, a male computer
operator.
for as long as I could remember..... into the safety of the
CyberCreek....................
brown grass on the hills...
in shades of black, white and tan
..............
where black ice had formed.....
his body...............
shimmering in the early morning
light..............
in the pines, in the pines.........
while the wheel spun around and around
.................
on the outskirts of town
....................
a white shirt.......................
blue jeans.........................
potato soup......................
footprints..........................
...........
a dark corner....................
the pine trees overhead......
walking.............................
riding................................
the horizon........................