- The maple too is leafing.
- Too warm to sleep under anything at all.
- An ant making inquiries at my table.
- Resetting all the clocks that can't take care of themselves.
- How going to the store on Sunday with my hair less than clean makes the announcement that I haven't been to church. That I even think about that.
- The neighbors cleaning up after last night's barbecue, carrying the bag of charcoal through a misty rain.
- He talks to me of aging, but I'm not listening.
- The offering of a table he has poured his heart into. He shows me every flaw.
- He says: Just don't stand on it.
- Old beans take forever to cook.
Telling: Streams & Logs