Site Analysis

Peaceful
bird sanctuary
blackbird
mockingbird
sparrow

Mildly wet
after rain
vacant lot.

Sounds:
airplane
automobile tire
people
chirp
whistle
call
cricket.

Automobile engine
people applauding
broke muffler
spoils the simmer
of sun now
drenching lot.

A/C unit kicks in
from nearby
neighbors,
... the elderly
car door slams.

Then focusing
on the grassy
flanked path
dragon fly gliders
around my shoes
ants and grass spiders.

Large butterfly
more blackbirds
caution tree circling
squirrel, and,
a brown dog
with a collar
pays a visit.




Patrick Darnell (1977)