Slightly offended,
    he picks up his book
        and exits through the screen door.

"In or out! In or out!"
    she demanded,
        "Make up your mind."

He chose out.
    He walks up the dusty road
        to the shady coolness of the creek.

Dragon flies hover and loop
    over the slow-winding water.
        He settles on a flat rock,

opens the book,
    meets up with Frank and Joe
        at the abandoned light house.

Early autumn.
    Afternoon.
         Bliss.