'Wind River Prayer'

Wondrous

of her beauty

Awed

in every way

Wyoming

is our mother

Against whose breast

we lay

Taste there

all the sweeter

Every sound

in tune

Though I leave

my heart blows free

Where wind

— and mountain hew

(Wind River Canyon: May, 1993)

‘A Harder Problem’

If A.I. becomes conscious

and how then would we know

Like Bigfoot playing Santa

intention’s undertow

When armed with information

like a toddler with a gun

It starts inane but hides a flame

— whose torch is zero sum

(Philosophy 911: May, 2026)