a white shirt...................."Your water?  We had to turn it 
off,"
                  
soft fur...........................a dissembodied voice on the    
telephone informed me.
              warm    
milk......................"But why?" Inexplicably,
            
the sound of water.........I was fighting 
back tears
         rain................................with an
empty water glass in my hands.
               
cold water......................"Your water main is broken. The    
meter
                  
blood stains....................was running out of control."
brown grass on the hills... a flowered dress.............. a glass of beer................. sleep............................... background noise............ low flying planes............. intermittent pain............... the smell of green grass.... warm sun......................... a red front door................ cold cereal........................ working............................ making things.................... blue shirt....................... making love...................... the children laughing.......... blue jeans......................... potato soup...................... nausea.............................. footprints.......................... unwashed windows........... the pine trees overhead...... walking............................. riding................................ the horizon........................