Touchpoint

 by Perry L. Powell

And but for the sense of this
walking barefooted over acorns on the concrete patio
where shadows keep alibis
chaste as Pompeii.

When now the weather changes,
there are movies in the evenings and conversations
with friends, as is the fashion
on this street.

A baptism in a fish tank
or compressor damage can occur if stacked upside down;
Balak and Balaam over
the horizon.

An unidentified noise heard at night.