Mellow with sun
\nand minerals
\nI stir the surface
\nof the pool\u2014once
\na water tank,
\nthe concrete
\ndark now
\nwith age.
\nOverhead palms sing
\nwith orioles
\nand dead fronds
\nlike vespers
\nin the valley wind.
\nSo warm
\nI wait, patient
\nas a rattlesnake.
\nNight with her milky
\nwash of stars\u2014
\nlike other
\ndesert animals
\nshe too
\ndrinks here,
\nfar from anywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mellow with sun and minerals I stir the surface of the pool\u2014once a water tank, the concrete dark now with age. Overhead palms sing with orioles and dead fronds like vespers in the valley wind. So warm I wait, patient as a rattlesnake. Night with her milky wash of stars\u2014 like other desert animals she … Continue reading Star Dip<\/span>