the upright role of flowers

Hairy fields
the last dog like a knife
slicing home

One-hundred page glass book
​hot wasps and tourists everywhere
broiling heat steaming through walls

His face is thrilled with energy​
let me show you my vortex he says
my aim is water

Half-sleeping
wakes up out of his picture
he is taller than he remembers

Half-sleeping
resumes hesitantly
the upright role of flowers