cracked pavement still damp
white petals flattened to brown
almond scent on thumbs

Light on lemon tree
Yellow white on yellow green
tea on sill gone cold

Cat squinting with sleep
at rooftops exhaling mist
and bees hard at work.

Sun, red in wet sky,
smoke's smell rising, and... Falling
sawdust on my shoes.

Eggshell splits and SNAP
Gold-white lightning sunders
The rainclouds above.

Cloudy sun spills wind
Stirring its own reflection
Wet bamboo trembles.

wet creaky fence
blooms with spreading spots of red
beneath camelia

gusts slap magnolia
petals fill flooded pavement
as we jump on curbs

closet full of box
sofa under spring cleaning
where will the cat rest?