Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Dry Lake

Photo Dry Lake by David Saltaire


Rain lurks 
behind clouds 
too thin 
to send drops,
puddles, 
surging waves.


 flash floods go north, 
to green Seattle, 
easy landfall, 
where no resistance is 
 ever given by 
sandy bottom or 
rocky shore.

There the ancient
desert lies
beneath tons 
of breathless redwood,
dreaming of hot, 
days, dry
winds.

Oh Emerald City, 
so unaware of the pain
and joy of drought, 
endless blue days 
of aching sky,
summer's 
harsh eye 
in January
glaring

as slim clouds 
rush by
hopeful 
of a shower, 

only to evaporate 
to dusty twisters.

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