View from my garage window facing East

White columns,
line up perpendicular to white wooden blinds
open to welcome light and sight of

towering trees,
evergreen redwoods lining parking lot walls
silhouette the darkening gray sky, and a

silver car,
Honda civic with a spoiler belongs to Kayhan’s friend Eugene
reflects headlights facing North on Denison Avenue, while

bushes,
poke lilac flowers of purple in my face
climbing the invisible rays descending Earth’s atmosphere, but on

the next day

a couple,
wearing blue rain jackets on Schwin bicycles
pedal towards closing Blockbuster’s doors at the same time

black ravens,
walking on power lines crow into the setting sun
twenty feet above Billy Hersey’s dog Spud standing on

bricks,
red clay dried in rectangular cubes lay cemented
above the concrete sidewalk running to Wheaton Avenue near

street lights,
yellow glow emitted from Vallco
shopping center travels between two houses while

neighbors,
little Chris and Lindsey roller-blade holding hockey sticks
shouting at the Puchinnelli family children during Street Cup four coupled with

sounds,
of nearby cars on I280 and a fire truck’s siren screaming as it travels down Stevens Creek
headed for Cupertino High School, the home of the mighty Pioneers.