The gift of clams is here, waiting
in the large bowl on the cutting table.
We are waiting: the clams

things are easily forgotten.
yesterday, i was surprised to find 
an ash burning its way 

Today’s lesson: a black river
which began in the northeast corner
of Utah struggled downward

You think of moving the captured submarine 
to a permanent berth alongside the museum
in your city. A retired engineer who spent

Think of it starting out this way: in profile
Two almost immediate peaks, but widely opposite,
The basin humming with weather in between

Drawing paper down from the cupboard           sky
goes in at the top             scribble scrabble
green line grass for the bottom             filling

I teach fourth grade
batik and weave plant hangers
with seashells bound in the yarns,

A woman came down the hill from her farm
with her two little children
to have her neighbor cut

Human mothers are right to take such exceptional care of their babies; after all, even from birth, there is no animal which is quite like man. Yes, even as a child, Man differs from the babies of other species. 

Come on, let's conjure up
something really horrible:
What would you most hate