dark was the night cold was the ground

when asked what he meant, he responded
"it was like your feet were in the icebox
and all the lights in the room were turned off
and not necessarily in that order."

there was a notice in the paper today:
a man was found
wandering the desert
in a dark double breasted suit
and baseball cap.
we could not comment as to if he preferred suspenders or belt.
he had been seen placing water from rusty spigots
into open or partially closed containers
and listening in on mailboxes.
he had been seen carrying a heavily annotated tv guide.
he had the bearing of a man
who had invested in a parking lot.

later, several german doctors
began to congregate.