is coming home........................The enchilladas were as good as
I ever made them -
the holes that the woodpeckers
made...........................Joshua's way of making them
carne asada......................that he said he had learned from his
Mother
the sound of water.........(I can't remember it anymore.)
warm gravel................................
cold
water......................"I ought to take you back with me
white bandages....................to Alabama," Owen said.
brown grass on the hills...But it was Marlin on whom his gaze
lingered.
a flowered dress..............
a glass of beer.................
an old army issue sleeping bag...............................
low flying planes.............
the smell of green grass....
warm stones by the river.........................
a red front door................
under the
bourgainvilla........................
too many variables........
a little more rain............................
framing a wolfish grin....................
inspecting drains.......................
making love......................
the children laughing..........
blue and white checked oilcloth.........................
potato soup......................
white enamel plaques...............
beautiful brown tequila..............................
with a tv screen and a telephone..........................