it must be done.

TWO NALGENES

Perfect complements
at the edge of the table.
One clear and one scuffed.
One green and one blue.
A drop left in one and a gulp from the other. 
Both with stickers from places they’ve been.
A desert, a forest, snow covered mountains.
A grey fox nuzzling her nose in her friends chest
in the pretty evening light.

RIVER ROCK FROM BIG BEND

I love this rock
because of how it fits in my hand.
One round side and the other two straight.
Coming to a soft point like a New York slice.
Thick like a cookie from years in the river.
Dark blue ripples in a dark gray ocean.
It’s granite, pretty sure.
Easy in my hand, turned
between my fingers.
Smooths my skin against the bones.
Tooth of the earth in lava and dirt.
It feels like I could mold it.
That's only human thinking.