Ten.One Thousand, Five Hundred & Seventeen

1. It’s probably only 4:00am and I should just close my eyes and try to go back to sleep.

2. Awake again. Still dark. Not yet 4:00.

3. I stare at the reflection of the streetlight in a puddle of water. Where did the water come from? Everything else is so dry.

4. No river, only bed.

5. She makes a joke and I laugh while trying to hold the pose, abs tight, legs quivering.

6. The day already feels long.

7. So hungry.

8. The hustle and bustle of harvest. We taste the lees from one of the barrels, eat a few chardonnay grapes, move in and out of the way of the forklifts.

9. Everything looks different.

10. I try to write the post in my head and pray that bits of it will stay there long enough for me to remember.

11. It took me over an hour but they are always worth it. Always.

12. Start over again tomorrow.