Patty Castillo Davis is a singer-guitarist who is involved in a number of Modesto arts organizations. Before participating in a panel on balancing access and excellence in the arts, she talked about breaking a sweat at band rehearsal, growing a thicker skin, and growing up wanting to be Nancy Sinatra.
Arable
The land around coaxes out
almonds, apricots, walnuts.
At 3 a.m., the call to irrigate.
—from “An Alphabet for a Mid-Sized City”
I am not from here, not from the …
Arable
The land around coaxes out
almonds, apricots, walnuts.
At 3 a.m., the call to irrigate.
Bone
We work our fingers to the bone.
We are bone-tired.
C’mon, throw the dog …
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