two cans clear chicken broth two white onions one bulb garlic boil, boil. boil, boil. and the screams of delight from the pool outside the splashing sounds the coffee heating up on the stove the sky outside. the color of pure fresh milk. boil, boil. boil, boil. and the phone ringing, and me picking it up and watching myself do so in the quiet room in the june evening and your voice on the other end and the impossibility of your voice on the other end and the impossible echo. inside. boil, boil. boil, boil.