intermittent shade
in the windmill blades
desert sun
faded billboard cowboy
a hitchhiker's new friend
wind-blown sombrero—
the drifter pockets
his tattered beret
waving toward a bus
la madre y el bebé
and honey mesquite*
squeaking wheels silenced
by an air brake hush
lush saguaro
and a nectar-feeding bat
taillights disappear
Composed September 2007
