Kingman
The dust crept in
with the wind
that blew
under the doors
through the peeled caulking
of the window panels
maybe the stack
and settled on
the furniture the countertops
the windowsills and linoleum
the phone calls too
were waiting for me
when I got home
the black phone rang on the empty wall
the wall phone rang and rang and rang
like the dust blew
past my double wide where
no one mopped
no one swept
or answered the rotary phone
while someone else sobbed miles away
till one day
I bought a mop
disconnected the phone
so the sobbing would stop
then gave the mop a whirl
it being more work
and heavier than the dust
and the devious wind
both deceiving me into
thinking that those sobs
came from outside Mojave County