Stiffening, flaccid, shriveling, plastic
     croissant, towel knot, water
recycling- shower steam, forehead sweat, snow
     caked the bicycle to a streetlight pole.
Turtles, to the shore and back, beach eggs,
     chicken-thought first before, all the way
down- shadows on a wall after stiffening,
     flaccid; your hand- what is it?
And where did it come from
      to throw away the light like that?