Hi everyone! Here's a poem I wrote on my way back to Seattle after Thanksgiving- hope you enjoy!
Lamentations from the Reno Airport
I long to be a cowboy
-but not like the men-
Paint me as a witch
untethered- pitched in the desert
The sierras are much too cold
For this young racehorse
I would never be tired again
If I lived between painted rocks
And spent mornings in the glory
Of Joshua Trees, scrubby and worn
Someday I will ride horses out there
Marry me in Monument Valley
With thin golden wedding bands
Something I can tie to the leather strap
On my hat so I don’t lose it when
I pick up rocks that stain my hands red
I’d never be anemic out there
Breathing in iron dust
And when my joints are simply too worn-
Bury me shallow enough
So I can still feel the heat
That bakes the earth around the cacti
Let me hear the pitter-patter
Of Gila Monsters creeping across rocks