.....................................................Everyday the relentless heat
smooth pieces of
sculpture...........................
settled like Marlin's faithful dog
...............................on the shores of the bath-temperature water filled swimming pool
white bandages....................in the courtyard of Ocatillo
woodpeckers......................
the sound of water.........Outside the walls
.......................................there was nothing but desert on three sides.
burning, burning,
burning................................
....................On the fourth side
brown grass on the hills...was the hot asphalt road to nowhere.
the holes in the cactus..............Even Owen had gone
..........................................taking with
him the sound
the red mountains........................................................of human voices.
looking out at the desert........................
yellow flowers.................
the smell of green grass....
warm stones by the river.........................
a red front door................
under the eves of the porch........................
a beehive fireplace............................
the smell of the leather couch....................
as good as I ever made
them.......................
I could almost feel his
hands.....................
but there was no warm milk..........
hand carved napkin rings.........................
sopapillas......................
mustard colored tiles...............
the sound that the lizards made..............
come on across to the
Internet..............................
in cyberspace.............