A Day in The Brush
A Day in The Brush
1.
Polished broken ends
of blue glass of ancient times
next to sun bleached bones
partially buried in earth
where the red ants built a mound
Soft earth and hard earth
one gives under my great weight
the other sturdy
holds shadows of a footprint
under blossoming yellow
To walk through the bush
afternoon falls upon this day
where snakes hide in shade
Cicada’s sit in silence
for a moment no movement
Do animals mourn
the days without the plastics
destructive footprints
near empty candy wrappers
fast food soda lids and straws
A still life in sun
surface creature parasites
a day in the brush
along with low insect hum
heard through a barbarous heat
2.
The shade of foothills
similar goal in footsteps
beside Rabbitbrush
or dry seedlings who perish
as husks one inch from the ground
Hands block sun from eyes
thoughts wander around the globe
residents of Earth
how many of you have spent
time in knee deep dying brush
Places of caked earth
cracks on dry sleeping playa
to find child again
a fragile yet resilient
bloom from a desert flower
Sit to cover sight
with broken edges of Sage
and thumb branched bushes
try to close ones eyes in heat
meditation with Earth’s hum
Not a place to rest
strive to stand back up and try
walk to the one tree
miles to lone gnarled Pinion Pine
some shade in the afternoon
3.
Brought a book to read
a torn copy of “Thoreau”
there is no pond here
these words are the missing piece
this puzzled path to the pine
Step over barbed wire
out of place rusted fence line
agricultural
reminder of the life stock
that roamed this land for lifetimes
Drink near large boulder
must conserve every last drop
contemplate amount
calculate every footstep
think about how to move on
Decide to give up
the trek to the Pinion Pine
perform a U-turn
to head home before night fall
to return to a normal
Polished broken ends
of blue glass of ancient times
next to sun bleached bones
partially buried in earth
where the red ants built a mound
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