row after row / of shelter cages- / the dogs' eager eyes

birds wheel in a slow spiral / orbiting back to their liftoff point / sunrise

barking echoes / against a backdrop of crickets / trick or treaters

the bus stop waiters / still and cold / November morning

birds circle / the winter air / dead branches

Fighting again / birds' cries echo / the winter air

morning thunder / the children already / quarreling

new sandbar— / a tiny puddle / in every clam shell

shimmering river / I squint my eyes and kayak / through diamonds