17.

uncertainty is the rhythm of the world

18.    

my soul is a storm / this body
a temporary flood wall

19.

grant us a gentle and plentiful garden
and a dazzling end to the world

20.

then there are the days, needed
that were not known as needed

21.

this spit of summer rain will be a fantasy
come August

22.

this daydream: a world walled and safe
in a myriad labyrinth built
of honeysuckle, bamboo, kudzu