gazing up at a long shallow angle of loose sand recalls
the typical dread: if I reach out, will you make
time for me?

the steep lee size of those aeolian landforms involves erosion:
what is left besides deflation, desert, and pavement?

there exist geological agents, such as rivers, glaciers, and waves, water -
really - who offer sediment, among these transformations comes

has the moment passed? sun radiates off the slipcase, and longing in its breath, I
shake my head toward the dune. no, I say, the moment’s
never passed with you.