i'll take a handful of wandering utopians any day

on any dusty high plains western new mexico road

     spontaneity makes the road

long before birkenstock     lands end     coffee klatch

came to twitter

forever diluting the obvious or oblivious

with a bunch of slogans & logos

here's the cruelty of raise the red lantern or manifest destiny

     this is no movie

the lakes and rivers are drying up

you'll see their ribs by high noon

we coulda listened to the ancients and sages

but that doesn't make you any money

money money

this american dream should have started

and ended with water and buffalo chips

--- e b bortz