saw the blue dog in fabric this time.
it adorned a sock. an omen still.
wait. outside the water is heavy in the air
and it is fresh, cool, dark. streetlights
prick up the night. the night is wet but sprinklers play across fields
squares, triangles of grass. the sound
of traffic never stops. a whirr of a bike,
the hum of a car, air battered high overhead
by copter blades, or even higher, turbines.