written on a paper bag

clover flowers splay,
fleck to dirt rain depressions
road drought withered ferns
nuzzle, furl

plaid oak leaf mossy
incline through eaten
leaf pinholes slunk
rotted hemlocks, crocus
or lily like leaves eclipse
pond’s surface drunken
yellow jackets, bees and reeds birch
branch in beige sand flower
shadows wobble, wind peaks
near dusk