even
a sunny winter day solstice
isn't
more than a cross between
darkness
and everlasting light
the
eventual drying up of the rio grande
a
definite possibility
when
the snow pack dies of thirst
so
you ask
how
is the weather in albuquerque
there
are no answers just riddles
last
week a motorcycle traveler from wyoming then texas
on
his way to an agricultural runoff in middle florida
said
there's nothing but sludge in albuquerque
but
of course he never acknowledged
his
own sewer
so
i guess i'll wear his element of truth
before
the sun goes down and hides the evidence
there's
a debate among the people living on the street
in
the shadows of broken adobe & sheet metal roofs
about
who should speak first
with
their opening statement
like
the walls the artists paint
with
their own blood
---
e b bortz
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