(pan)

Walking around the house
with a pan of water
the morning after
a rain, looking
for a need
where there is none.
Except my own
to do the right thing,
to not waste a resource,
one we assume
will always be there
without doing anything
to be sure it will.

Finally, I give up
the ground is soaked
I cannot wash today
the sejptic system
slowed down
as it sometimes is
keeps me honest,
of what I use &
waste,
of what I have
& want.

4/29/99