the sound of water............................Sandstone cliffs cut straight
into the mountainside
soft fur...........................by miners long ago
warm milk......................rose sharply and steeply behind our
cabin
a white shirt..........Lying on the
meadow above the creek,
rain.........................................I watched him emerge from the red
door.
cold water...................... blood stains.................... brown grass on the hills... a flowered dress.............. a glass of beer................. sleep............................... background noise............ low flying planes............. intermittent pain............... And you?.... warm sun......................... cold cereal........................ working............................ making things.................... blue shirt....................... a matter of the past...................... the children laughing.......... blue jeans......................... potato soup...................... never know why............... nausea.............................. footprints.......................... unwashed windows........... a dark corner.................... the pine trees overhead...... walking............................. riding................................ the horizon.............................