Two goats that nearly drowned in Tucumcari, N.M. (see NOAH poem below)

NOAH

the rain came
thick in tucumcari – it
tried its wet best to
drown both my goats one
stood
atop the
other – smashed her
bony back down in the
muddy flood – the bottom
goat bobbled her frail
back gave way her head
dipped quick below
the surface -- we rescued
the two to the laundryroom –
where both promptly peed
on the floor – the
perfume of ammonia
seeped deep beneath
linoleum as they
pawed hooves all over
white walls – bit a big
hole in the flimsy tin
dryer hose.

-Ryn Gargulinski.12.23.10

A crossing guard and someone who did not heed him.

Vanilla, raspberry, cherry and bloodred sky.

House guests you don't mind. Unless they come inside and pee in your laundry room.

Mailbox scene in Tucumcari, N.M.