What Burns Above My House
Friday, July 25th, 2008Cochise County, Arizona
There is so much happening in the sky
it’s all we can do to keep ourselves distracted.
The monsoons roll in the late summer.
We set the mowers against the grass,
they graze like domesticated helicopters.
Their growl fills up the neighborhood.
Hawks fly down from the foothills
bending the wind with their wide arms.
They watch for mice running
from the [...]

