...shorter days...

if the children

knew that the days

will become shorter

and harder then

they wouldn't be so

quick to say that they

wish they were older.

...sun...

DeLaughter sang

"Hey, it's the sun

and it makes me shine."

on a day

like today,

but in Texas.

...fence...

when the dog

barks at nothing

it becomes something

material out of fabrication

ghosts in the walls

she knows something

about history

growls at the clink

of the fence

certain that there

is something up

in the corner

of the ceiling