just
before
d
a
w
n
he
would
sit on the
balcony of his
tenth floor apartment
w
a
i
t
i
n
g
watching
for the coyotes
to cross the bridge
then traverse the shoreline
single file toward the city park
where they would shelter in the low
growing bushes beneath the towering douglas firs
and
wait
for
the
off
leash
miniature schnauzers
miniature poodles
pomeranians
chihuahuas
shih  tzus
malteses
that
the
tourist
crowd
s
u
p
p
l
i
e
d
for
lunch ....

                                   untitled november # 1
                                   7 3/4" x 7 3/4"
                                   wood, paint, oil bar, vintage nails, on plywood
                                   2019