every day we cross a river   on a good day we reach the other side before the sun sets   on a tough day we may be stuck in the water when...

there are dogs renting a house by the beach   that smell salt as they walk the pier   colors of ocean and sky fill their eyes   they nose...

growing up, my favorite hide-n- seek spots were behind clothes in closets, under beds and piles of blankets   gaps and pressed-in places...