Man rests in door
at a church in
Lalibela
Solar profile
of his Adam’s apple,
generative lips, jangle
of hand, veins dangling
Dust dances lit gold,
describing three dimensions
man, thought and living rock
Woman pumps water into her jug
sloshes wet the walk back home
coffee grounds of soil, labium
that yields us, air’s pant
made thirsty
with the trickling
offering
~ Lady