a front, a boundary
deep slumber of early morning
between masses of
air
a thermal, a bubble
quiet streets (pre-sun)
pace quiet streets (street sweepers)
pale groan (oily mechanisms)
of rising warm air
of air rising
of warm air rising
lamprey lamprey lamprey
traffic enforcement
shark, w/lampreys
water vapor within rising thermals,
(shorebirds trail
divebombing pelicans)
Elgin Pelican broom sweeper
debris for miles
slime trails the color of laundry lint / compost for fields in
Kern County
condensing to form a cloud
attempt
rain water
penetrate soil
rain water
foiled by thin
rain water
crust of
a cloud over open water
evaporation
asphalt and concrete
condensation
funneled through
transportation
storm drains and grates
precipitation
(fluted tributaries)
transpiration
(feed tamed rivers)
runoff
(flow
to the ocean)
The three rivers share a broad, alluvial floodplain.
reclaimed wastewater
runoff
river flows
stronger now
water
filtered with ozone
water
disinfected by chlorine
Water table.
Water from twenty-five wells.
Water from the Colorado River.
Owens Valley.
Artesian wells.
November to March.
San Gabriel River watershed.
(to the sea)
(runoff down down down)
(brown milk mustache at)
(storm drains)
(tide’s edge)
water in perpetual motion
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