"Drought in the San Joaquin"
Posted by Badlands Journa... on Wednesday, 6 July 2022Drought in the San Joaquin
Bill Hatch, 2022
I am restless here at night
In the hot night lonely,
Slow, soft, slight continual blows,
And the absence of a Delta breeze
Irritates my heart.
The fat earth
Is no good without water
No good without water.
Hot wind blows at night
Round the corners of sheds
Barns houses fences
Dust enters our bodies.
But the fat earth
Is no good without water.