Galisteo -
little town
in big desert.

................

snake crawls
through skull's
eye sockets
on ebony field;
stars flame out,
galaxies collide,
insects sing of fate.

twinkling lights
roar of motorcycles
roadside café
on edge
of desert.

time plays
out
beneath vertebrae
of Sangre de Christos
on Old Taos Highway.

(neckbone, New Mexico, 2009)



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drive to desert
sit in shadow
listen to meadow lark
watch clouds
dream of Coyote -
crickets say,
"Let go; be free."

(ji bo, 2009)