The Hundredth Meridian

The Hundredth Meridianrnby Chilton Williamson, ]r.rnChristmas in JulyrnThe crickets which stopped singing atrnThanksgiving have come inside at last,rnalong with the spiders and an occasionalrnskink. The leaves dropped from thernpecan trees around the beginning of December,rnand crevs are at work in the orchardsrnbeside the Rio Grande gatheringrnthe nuts . . .