nevada trump
make america great plastered
on the only coffee shop
in town.
gunshots hunting rabbits
by a hot springs full of sleeping campers
shots fired just feet away
while Ed digs an early morning hole
through dusty desert dirt
to do the sunrise duty.
gold miner in the tub
talks of an empty grave
he found once
wandering through the desert
pile of sand next to the whole thing
ready to bury, lawless lands.
don't mess with those ranchers
you won't be found.
and a woman
he picked up
lost and confused, looking for her husband
never found.
years in the mines
he needs marijuana medicine he says
to deal with the pain
of years extracting resources to survive
out here.
sagebrush sways
rabbits bounce
on desert floor.
other guests talk of 'fags on bikes'
they encountered
while hunting the day before.
a hike to a cave of ancient petroglypths
shoshone, hallucinations they say,
is all it is.
sitting outside the cave
a view seen for many years past
from this very rock.
now iron bars are needed
to prevent vandalism.
natural paints
of orange, white, yellow, black.
dashes, lines, circles, geometry.
coyote stories talk of pinon
as a crux of a problem or a resolve.
sticky fingers we have too
scour the ground of the pinon and juniper forests
ground shots
freshly fallen cones open
a golden green color
resin covered, richest dark chocolate
brown pine nuts we hope for
we do our best
to connect
picking cones
and recently fallen nuts
as military test site explosions are heard
down in the valley
somewhere 'out there'
to remind us
fleet week
sends jets out to dance
for the hell of it
and show off a large military cock
pine nut camp -- jet parade
careful -- endless
a small act --- a big show.
