the body a version of humming

1. transformation of inanimate landscape
campus tennis court
turned parking lot
turned basketball court

2. day of workers:
orange-vested
stop and slow sign holding
scrapers held to patch of wall
shammies in quick hands blessing long lines of cars
green polo of park ranger

3. great discovery of summer 2009:
alignment
with those who spend days on their feet
and the element of water

4. roar and terror of car wash
blue brushes spin
turbo dryer pushing water across windshield
jessica and i
laughing hard
in the front seats
flashback
as car is ushered forward

5. forest park
speedwalk
the benefits of
bilateral movement

6. ne 7th and prescott
catalpa tree blossoms
scattered across green windshield
hood
trunk
maroon spots
gold strip
white petal
housing
sweetness

7. nine pm
the sky all kinds of pink
the air a type of humid
the body a version of humming

8. live and direct from julianstown
the curse of distance
assembly of letters to form words
into an imitation of open hands
and suggestion of strong arms

9. social events calendar throwdown:
in one corner; spin the bottle at the secret garden
in the other; two-stepping for dyanne’s 30th birthday

10. sore spots on limbs
where your teeth sank in