The handsomest boy; the
Smartest girl. I'm too embarassed
To buy post-cards. Forgive me.

A drought in the summer of Texas.
A presidential
Palatial garden. Discoveries
of oil in a minefield: boom.
The moon turning, and always eluding
The watch-man. The dove's turn
in the cloudy-air;
High up.

Eventually her motions transcribe an emotion.

The foot's curve. Gracelessly,
Without intent. The motive
is grafted upon the crime
That is not a crime, that is
To say the dress
is worn by the eyes.

simple sayings, a breach in the interior,
      this offering

-arlo haskell