Red
By Joseph Langdon
rocks evolve pink spots leprous
the antecedent names
cleft/canyon
being before meaning
patchwork cliffs aspire
invasive
the well-trained stubs of spring
alien round green mounds of burro dung
the carters’ unnatural
hoof-scrape stitches up the desert silent
In one red image stamped
a boot unmakes the face of God
counter-evolutionary
on
down
into the long wash
Joseph Langdon is a writer living in Las Vegas.
