It is the middle of the year
and we are waiting for the first
ripe fig of summer. We are waiting
for stalks of yucca to point
the way toward a sky hiding
blunt edges of rain. We are waiting
for a pause in the air, that hour
between the golden-leaved
light of afternoon and the moment
the blue-black shade unrolls.
We are waiting for the matchstick-
struck lights of fireflies to radio
the location of stones, to signal
that it is time to draw one more
oracle card—here is a bee
and here is a hummingbird;
and here is a cormorant
with a fish in his mouth, larger
than he could swallow.
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