A memory or two…

Stars in the trees; wind in the stars. A scattering sound on the sidewalk.

Crickets behind a lamp post. A yellow window across a yard; a neighborhood asleep.

Leaves in the gutter; water in the leaves; colors in the water. Tires splashing down a street.

A closet with chipped paint, overflowing with broken toys. A jagged crack between a mattress and a wall.

Breath in the air; in a truck. Defroster on a windshield; wipers on a defroster. A growing circle.

A long dirt driveway. A field of shrubs and darkness. A top-heavy house with a rusty antena, leaning against a hill.

The smell of indoor cigarette smoke. A tall staircase with shaggy carpet. Cubbies in the wall. Yellow in the kitchen.

Gray wool on the sofa. Polished wood on the arm rests. A stained glass window of a rose field.

A television commercial in pastels; a house; a Remax baloon. Vines on a library.

A blue blanket; soft. White flickering on the walls; a pre-dawn darkness in the windows.

Dunkin Doughnuts; Radioshack. Eroded cement. A dark cloud hanging low.

Black slush by the curb. A car’s door chime; scent of frost.