sun rising into cloudless pale
blue sky above ridge
golden-crowned sparrow pecking up
seeds from bricks
painting in contrast to the public
garden once more
period sketch when the hand passes
over still space
mower against the baby quail
tractor stuck in field
clouds moving in from left knee
pain when it’s bent
blinding whiteness of sun next to
shoulder of ridge
shadowed swell lines moving toward
mouth of channel