"The glacier knocks in the cupboard, The desert sighs in the bed, And the crack in the teacup opens A lane to the land of the dead."

-W.H. Auden

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Whirlwind And Shadow


It was one of those blinding bright days, silent except for the hot wind blowing. A dust devil appeared in the white gravel dust of the driveway, man-high. It traveled a few feet, then disappeared as if it had never been.

A red-tailed hawk dived, casting its shadow over me. Some folks may have taken these things as bad omens, but not me, never.

The only thing to do was be amazed.

*There was no time to take photos, so this pic is actually a dust devil on Mars, courtesy of NASA. Mars, Texas  - same difference.

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