when the fog was standing knee-deep in the alluvial valley
and the lad lay on his belly
AN ULTIMATUM DUE EAST to the division
reading tacitus' speech ma's wellies equals
among equals. the song hansel handwidth,
that satisfied dad while the sun worked out. when
the sheets DIGGING TRENCHWATER OUT OF THE
WEEK'S LAST MORNING put his path's head
where its feet had been and the heat
hung between the elements
like some iron curtain.
