“Elements”

Just the wind
Dipping and rising
Taking the sand and spreading it like talcum

Just the wind
Launching plastic bags like swallows
Fluttering slowly to the ground

Just the wind
Howling like the whistle of an ancient ghost
Curling past the lime white tombs set far back from the road

Just the wind
Blowing the Bedouin camels
Into straight lines until they catch the slanted evening light

Just the wind
The sand
The sky