What I Left Behind

Cecilia Bartoli, Thomas Wyatt, Wanda Coleman, N. Scott Momaday, E. Power Biggs, Anselm Keifer, Lucy Maude Montgomery, Mark Twain, Edward P. Jones, Arundhati Roy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Curved Air, Mary Cassatt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pink Floyd,

The Fish Market, Doney Park Water Company, The San Francisco Peaks, Downtown Phoenix, Beaver Creek, The Verde Valley, Sandia Crest, UNM, NAU, Albuquerque, Flagstaff, Two Rock Mountain, Coal Avenue, Park Central Mall,

a rocking chair, special education students, the pickup truck, the canyon, archaeology sites, juniper trees, a golden retriever, peregrine falcons, cats, quail, ants, porcupines, woodpeckers, bees, prairie dogs, kestrels, meadowlarks,

a field of wild sunflowers, compost piles, prickly pear cactus, lion footprints, quartz, corn, beans, cracked pavements, constellations, satellites, endless nights, sufferable dawns,

a cold house, a second cold house, a third cold house.

[RK, 1/15/2021]