Sagebrush and Miles of Nothing

by

J. M. Hallett

Desert princess, you run beside me
on your dried mud horse, crumbling
Black ribbon to nowhere_
To everywhere
Darkening silver cumulous sponges
threatening to explode
Please unload
Soak this sage, this vile sneeze-brush
Cleanse the air
Wash away her earthen steed
and my cares, perhaps
superficial though they may be
Desert princess
I see you hiding in your swirling funnel now
hurling tumbleweeds and dust in my direction
But I understand_
For you simply have nothing better to offer
in this your Abaddon realm
But soon you'll ride a mudslide in my rear-view
And I'll strain to see the white lines
through the heavenly deluge
Straight and true, I’ll fly
Self delusional?
Well perhaps_ but blue, so very blue
A simple, broken man in need of a fix
in need of you
A thousand miles away today
I tell myself, "Just hold on, hold on
You’ll be there soon
And she will finally play for you
her determinative healing tune"

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Why don't you look at Sixty-four
by: Joyce Hemsley
from: Sunderland, England, UK

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