El Camino

I gave directions to the El Camino,

Said he wandered a bit off the way.

I don't know if he took it

As he rumbled up the dry highway.

I saw his window glint in the afternoon sun

As the slow curve of Earth

Took it over the bend.

Later, I saw smoke, heard the wailing of a siren,

I wonder if he wandered a bit off the way.

And I refigure the abstract of cloud formation

As the dry wind eats up my land.

I forgot all about the El Camino

As I shut the blinds in the arc of the sun

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      July 30 2005- October 14 2021