Cradling a handful of Illinois dust, dry residue of sycamore, deer and ancient Mississippians, I splay my fingers like an eagle's claw - releasing it to the fickle breezes.
A sudden gust of wind swirls up an ocher cloud - a cyclone dervish of sand and clay.
My hand, upraised for a shield ever so briefly vanishes - veiled by the impatient dust.
*May, 2008
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