The Angel Tree
April 7, 2018[…] did the storm blow that our town mayor had unceremoniously declared a state of emergency. The nearby city of Hesperia announced the closing of thirty six roads, including eleven of their major dirt roads, […]
[…] did the storm blow that our town mayor had unceremoniously declared a state of emergency. The nearby city of Hesperia announced the closing of thirty six roads, including eleven of their major dirt roads, […]
The cupping hand cradles the winds
that whir like crickets
beneath the swoop of traffic lamps.
The legs like stumps of pillars
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