Wander through northeast Texas,
see the sweltering suburbs
heaving in the humid heat
Watch people buttoned up in their boxes,
hills swallowed by highways,
trees carved into trapezoids
Wonder why millions have gathered –
what keeps them contained,
bound to the shadowy sidewalks?
Wait for the skies to open –
hear the cool rain on a spring morning,
thunder clap on a summer night
Catch the answer on your tongue
