moments: summer in garden valley
red is the color
of the sun this summer day
the lungs of a fox
burn with exertion
from merely breathing the air
nearby kits whimper
a rusting ford truck
bald tires rotting on its rims
conceals their stark den
the day's heat lessened
by the shade of an old barn
bleached and desolate
tall grass and thistles
a sudden rustle spurred by
furtive running quail
beaks agape for want
water lacking for relief
- a pine martin leaps
a flurry of wings
beat upon drifting ash motes
whistles and warbles
signal the flock to
the refuge of a gnarled oak
where gray squirrels chirp
8/13/2018
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY