Jun 1, 2010
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Take the line of the road.
Take the spray paint marking
the plots of homes unbuilt.
Here where birds nest at the dry bottom of the swimming pool.
Take the water leftover.
Leave before asking of it to remain.
The film of papery snow.
The plane of sight stretches west
and the West ends.
The love of the sun-blank afterward
is the love of it ending.
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June 01, 2010
