Woman Hollering Creek
Soles against bank
Skirt billows beneath
Damp from heat
Tears, down her cheek
Hand to empty womb
Her child, glassy eyes
… breath still
Floats, beyond dawn
Murder, they whisper
Mother, daughter
He left town last month
Mexico bound for another
She haunts this watery grave
In wind, a mile past farm
Restless, as mosquito bite
Woman Hollering Creek
